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#ifndef _CMS_CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_
#define _CMS_CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_

#include <cms/Config.h>
#include <cms/Connection.h>
#include <cms/CMSException.h>

#include <string>

namespace cms
{

    /**
     * Defines the interface for a factory that creates connection objects
     */
    class CMS_API ConnectionFactory
    {
    public:

        virtual ~ConnectionFactory() {}

        /**
         * Creates a connection with the default user identity. The
         * connection is created in stopped mode. No messages will be
         * delivered until the Connection.start method is explicitly
         * called.
         * 
         * @return Pointer to a connection object, caller owns the pointer
         * @throws CMSException
         */
        virtual Connection* createConnection() throw ( CMSException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Creates a connection with the default specified identity. The
         * connection is created in stopped mode. No messages will be
         * delivered until the Connection.start method is explicitly
         * called.  The username and password values passed here do not
         * change the defaults, subsequent calls to the parameterless
         * createConnection will continue to use the default values that
         * were set in the Constructor.
         * 
         * @param username 
         *      to authenticate with
         * @param password 
         *      to authenticate with
         * @returns a Connection Pointer
         * @throws CMSException
         */
        virtual cms::Connection* createConnection( const std::string& username,
                                                   const std::string& password )
            throw ( cms::CMSException ) = 0;

        /**
         * Creates a connection with the specified user identity. The
         * connection is created in stopped mode. No messages will be
         * delivered until the Connection.start method is explicitly
         * called.  The username and password values passed here do not
         * change the defaults, subsequent calls to the parameterless
         * createConnection will continue to use the default values that
         * were set in the Constructor.
         * 
         * @param username 
         *      to authenticate with
         * @param password 
         *      to authenticate with
         * @param clientId 
         *      to assign to connection if "" then a random client Id is 
         *      created for this connection.
         * @returns a Connection Pointer
         * @throws CMSException
         */
        virtual cms::Connection* createConnection( const std::string& username,
                                                   const std::string& password,
                                                   const std::string& clientId )
            throw ( cms::CMSException ) = 0;

    };

}

#endif /*_CMS_CONNECTIONFACTORY_H_*/