de.smartics.properties.spi.config.ds
Interface DataSourceConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

HSqlDataSourceConnector, MySqlDataSourceConnector

public interface DataSourceConnector

A connector to interface with data sources.

Method Summary

boolean	accepts(String databaseId) Checks if the implementation is designed to deal with a database identified by the given String.
DataSourceProxy	create(JndiDataSourceProxy dataSource) Creates a proxy for the given data source.
DataSourceProxy	create(String connectionUrl, String userName, String password) Creates a proxy with the given connection URL and credentials.

Method Detail

accepts

boolean accepts(String databaseId)

Checks if the implementation is designed to deal with a database identified by the given String.

Parameters:

databaseId - the identifier of the database.

Returns:

true if the proxy may interface with the given database, false otherwise.

create

DataSourceProxy create(JndiDataSourceProxy dataSource)

Creates a proxy for the given data source.

Parameters:

dataSource - the data source to proxy.

Returns:

a specialized proxy for the given data source.

create

DataSourceProxy create(String connectionUrl,
                       String userName,
                       String password)

Creates a proxy with the given connection URL and credentials.

Parameters:

connectionUrl - the JDBC URL to connect to.

userName - the name of the user to access the data source.

password - the password of the user to access the data source.

Returns:

a specialized proxy for the given connection information.