org.apache.avalon.excalibur.pool
Interface Validatable

All Superinterfaces:

Poolable

public interface Validatable

extends Poolable

Used to define an object which can be validated by a ValidatedResourceLimitingPool.

Since:

4.1

Version:

CVS $Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2004/03/29 16:50:37 $

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Method Summary

boolean

validate() Called when an object is retrieved from a ValidatedResourceLimitingPool for reuse.

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate()

Called when an object is retrieved from a ValidatedResourceLimitingPool for reuse.

Returns:

true if the object is ok. false will cause the object to be discarded.