com.netscape.certsrv.connector

Interface IHttpConnFactory

public interface IHttpConnFactory

Maintains a pool of connections to to a Remote Authority. Utilized by the IHttpConnector interface. Multiple threads use this interface to utilize and release the Ldap connection resources. This factory will maintain a list of Http type connections to the remote host.

Version:

$Revision$, $Date$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IHttpConnection	getConn() Request access to a Ldap connection from the pool.
void	returnConn(IHttpConnection conn) Return connection to the factory.

Method Detail

getConn

IHttpConnection getConn()
                 throws EBaseException

Request access to a Ldap connection from the pool.

Returns:

Ldap connection object. connection is not available

Throws:

EBaseException - if any error occurs, such as a

returnConn

void returnConn(IHttpConnection conn)
         throws EBaseException

Return connection to the factory. mandatory after a getConn().

Parameters:

conn - Ldap connection object to be returned to the free list of the pool.

Throws:

EBaseException - On any failure to return the connection.