av.rdb
Class ConnectionSource

java.lang.Object
  av.rdb.ConnectionSource

public class ConnectionSource
extends Object

This class serves as a source of Connection. It assumes the following meta structure for configuration:

<jdbc>

<source>

<driver class="jdbc.driver.ClassName" />

<connection url="jdbc:connection:url">

<user>user.name</user>
<password>user.passwd</password>
<other-property>some.value</other-property>

</connection>

</source>

</jdbc>

See Ableverse Meta Facility for more information.

Author:

Compl

See Also:

av.meta

Constructor Summary

ConnectionSource(Meta meta)
Construct a new connection source with configuration information from meta

Method Summary

Connection	getConnection() Establish a new connection with configured information.
boolean	testConnection() Test if the configuration can successfully connect

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConnectionSource

public ConnectionSource(Meta meta)
                 throws ConnectionSourceException

Construct a new connection source with configuration information from meta

Parameters:

meta - a meta containing jdbc configuration information

Throws:

ConnectionSourceException - if any error occured

Method Detail

getConnection

public Connection getConnection()
                         throws SQLException

Establish a new connection with configured information.

Returns:

a new connection if successfully established

Throws:

SQLException - if any error occured

testConnection

public boolean testConnection()

Test if the configuration can successfully connect

Returns:

whether this source can successfully connect