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package arjdbc.jdbc;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented in Ruby for retrieving a new connection.
 *
 * @author nicksieger
 */
public interface JdbcConnectionFactory {

    /**
     * Retrieve a (new) connection from the factory.
     * @return a connection
     * @throws SQLException
     */
    Connection newConnection() throws SQLException;

}
