001/*
002 * HA-JDBC: High-Availability JDBC
003 * Copyright (C) 2012  Paul Ferraro
004 *
005 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
006 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
007 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
008 * (at your option) any later version.
009 *
010 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
011 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
012 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
013 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
014 *
015 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
016 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
017 */
018package net.sf.hajdbc.balancer;
019
020import java.io.Serializable;
021import java.util.Set;
022
023import net.sf.hajdbc.Database;
024import net.sf.hajdbc.Identifiable;
025
026/**
027 * Factory for creating balancers.
028 * @author Paul Ferraro
029 */
030public interface BalancerFactory extends Identifiable, Serializable
031{
032        /**
033         * Create a balancer.
034         * @param <Z> database connection source
035         * @param <D> database descriptor
036         * @param databases set of initial databases
037         * @return a new balancer.
038         */
039        <Z, D extends Database<Z>> Balancer<Z, D> createBalancer(Set<D> databases);
040}