001    /*
002     * The MIT License
003     *
004     * Copyright (c) 2012, Ninja Squad
005     *
006     * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
007     * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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010     * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
011     * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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021     * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
022     * THE SOFTWARE.
023     */
024    
025    package com.ninja_squad.dbsetup.destination;
026    
027    import java.sql.Connection;
028    import java.sql.SQLException;
029    
030    import com.ninja_squad.dbsetup.DbSetupTracker;
031    
032    /**
033     * The destination of a database setup. It's advised to make implementations of this
034     * interface immutable, and to make them implement equals and hashCode in order for {@link DbSetupTracker} to function
035     * properly, or to make them singletons.
036     * @author JB Nizet
037     */
038    public interface Destination {
039        /**
040         * Returns a connection to the destination database
041         * @return a connection to the destination database
042         * @throws SQLException if a connection can't be returned
043         */
044        Connection getConnection() throws SQLException;
045    }