1 /*
2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16
17 package org.apache.commons.pool;
18
19 /***
20 * A factory interface for creating {@link ObjectPool}s.
21 *
22 * @see ObjectPool
23 *
24 * @author Rodney Waldhoff
25 * @version $Revision: 155430 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 08:13:28 -0500 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
26 */
27 public interface ObjectPoolFactory {
28 /***
29 * Create and return a new {@link ObjectPool}.
30 * @return a new {@link ObjectPool}
31 */
32 ObjectPool createPool();
33 }