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package javax.resource.spi;

import javax.resource.ResourceException;

/**
 * This is a mix-in interface that may be optionally implemented by a 
 * <code>ConnectionManager</code> implementation. An implementation of
 * this interface must support the lazy connection association optimization.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author  Ram Jeyaraman
 */
public interface LazyAssociatableConnectionManager {

    /**
     * This method is called by a resource adapter (that is capable of
     * lazy connection association optimization) in order to lazily associate
     * a connection object with a <code>ManagedConnection</code> instance. 
     *
     * @param connection the connection object that is to be associated.
     *
     * @param mcf The <code>ManagedConnectionFactory</code> instance that was
     * originally used to create the connection object.
     *
     * @param cxReqInfo connection request information. This information must
     * be the same as that used to originally create the connection object.
     *
     * @throws  ResourceException     Generic exception.
     *
     * @throws  ApplicationServerInternalException 
     *                              Application server specific exception.
     *
     * @throws  SecurityException     Security related error.
     *
     * @throws  ResourceAllocationException
     *                              Failed to allocate system resources for
     *                              connection request.
     * @throws  ResourceAdapterInternalException
     *                              Resource adapter related error condition.
     */
    void associateConnection(Object connection, ManagedConnectionFactory mcf,
	ConnectionRequestInfo cxReqInfo) throws ResourceException;
}