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.pool;
019
020/**
021 * Factory for creating an object pool.
022 * @author Paul Ferraro
023 */
024public interface PoolFactory
025{
026        /**
027         * Creates a pool using the specified provider.
028         * @param <T> 
029         * @param <E>
030         * @param provider a pool provider
031         * @return a new pool
032         */
033        <T, E extends Exception> Pool<T, E> createPool(PoolProvider<T, E> provider);
034}