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package org.apache.geronimo.connector.outbound.connectiontracking;

import javax.resource.ResourceException;

/**
 *
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 *
 */
public interface TrackedConnectionAssociator {
    /**
     * If true, ConnectorInstanceContext instance does not have to be kept on a per component basis; otherwise the
     * same instance must be passed to enter each time the specific component instance is entered.
     * @return true if connections are proxied and only connect when invoked
     */
    boolean isLazyConnect();

    ConnectorInstanceContext enter(ConnectorInstanceContext newConnectorInstanceContext) throws ResourceException;

    void newTransaction() throws ResourceException;

    void exit(ConnectorInstanceContext connectorInstanceContext) throws ResourceException;
}