/*
 *  Copyright 2004 Clinton Begin
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */
package com.ibatis.sqlmap.engine.datasource;

import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Interface to provide a way to create and configure a DataSource for iBATIS
 */
public interface DataSourceFactory {

  /**
   * Simple method to initialize/configure a datasource
   *
   * @param map - the configuration information
   */
  public void initialize(Map map);

  /**
   * Returns a datasource
   *
   * @return an implementation of DataSource
   */
  public DataSource getDataSource();

}