ConnectionFactory (Ldaptive 2.4.2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultConnectionFactory, PooledConnectionFactory, SingleConnectionFactory
```
public interface ConnectionFactory
```
Interface for connection factories.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Free any resources associated with this factory.
`Connection`	`getConnection()`	Creates a new connection.
`ConnectionConfig`	`getConnectionConfig()`	Returns the connection configuration used to create connections.

- Method Detail
  - getConnection
```
Connection getConnection()
                  throws LdapException
```
    Creates a new connection.
    
    Returns:
    
    connection
    
    Throws:
    
    LdapException - if a connection cannot be returned
  - getConnectionConfig
```
ConnectionConfig getConnectionConfig()
```
    Returns the connection configuration used to create connections.
    
    Returns:
    
    connection config
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Free any resources associated with this factory.