1 /***
2 *
3 * Copyright 2004 Protique Ltd
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 * limitations under the License.
16 *
17 **/
18
19 package org.codehaus.activecluster;
20
21 import javax.jms.JMSException;
22 import javax.jms.Topic;
23
24
25 /***
26 * A Factory of Cluster instances
27 *
28 * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
29 */
30 public interface ClusterFactory {
31
32 /***
33 * Creates a new cluster connection using the given group
34 *
35 * @param groupDestination
36 * @return Cluster
37 * @throws ClusterException
38 * @throws JMSException
39 */
40 public Cluster createCluster(Topic groupDestination) throws ClusterException, JMSException;
41
42 /***
43 * Creates a new cluster connection using the given topic name
44 *
45 * @param topic is the name of the topic to use
46 * @return Cluster
47 * @throws ClusterException
48 * @throws JMSException
49 */
50 public Cluster createCluster(String topic) throws ClusterException, JMSException;
51
52
53 }