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package java.sql;

/**

 * A builder created from a {@code DataSource} object,

 * used to establish a connection to the database that the

 * {@code data source} object represents.  The connection

 * properties that were specified for the {@code data source} are used as the

 * default values by the {@code ConnectionBuilder}.

 * <p>The following example illustrates the use of {@code ConnectionBuilder}

 * to create a {@link Connection}:

 *

 * <pre>{@code

 *     DataSource ds = new MyDataSource();

 *     ShardingKey superShardingKey = ds.createShardingKeyBuilder()

 *                           .subkey("EASTERN_REGION", JDBCType.VARCHAR)

 *                           .build();

 *     ShardingKey shardingKey = ds.createShardingKeyBuilder()

 *                           .subkey("PITTSBURGH_BRANCH", JDBCType.VARCHAR)

 *                           .build();

 *     Connection con = ds.createConnectionBuilder()

 *                       .user("rafa")

 *                       .password("tennis")

 *                       .setShardingKey(shardingKey)

 *                       .setSuperShardingKey(superShardingKey)

 *                       .build();

 * }</pre>

 *

 * @since 1.9

 *

 */

public interface ConnectionBuilder  {

    /**

     * Specifies the username to be used when creating a connection

     *

     * @param username the database user on whose behalf the connection is being

     * made

     * @return the same {@code ConnectionBuilder} instance

     */

    ConnectionBuilder user(String username);

    /**

     * Specifies the password to be used when creating a connection

     *

     * @param password the password to use for this connection. May be {@code null}

     * @return the same {@code ConnectionBuilder} instance

     */

    ConnectionBuilder password(String password);

    /**

     * Specifies a {@code shardingKey} to be used when creating a connection

     *

     * @param shardingKey the ShardingKey. May be {@code null}

     * @return the same {@code ConnectionBuilder} instance

     * @see ShardingKey

     * @see ShardingKeyBuilder

     */

    ConnectionBuilder shardingKey(ShardingKey shardingKey);

    /**

     * Specifies a {@code superShardingKey} to be used when creating a connection

     *

     * @param superShardingKey the SuperShardingKey. May be {@code null}

     * @return the same {@code ConnectionBuilder} instance

     * @see ShardingKey

     * @see ShardingKeyBuilder

     */

    ConnectionBuilder superShardingKey(ShardingKey superShardingKey);

    /**

     * Returns an instance of the object defined by this builder.

     *

     * @return The built object

     * @throws java.sql.SQLException If an error occurs building the object

     */

    Connection build() throws SQLException;

}