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/**
 * JAFER Toolkit Poject.
 * Copyright (C) 2002, JAFER Toolkit Project, Oxford University.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 *
 */

/**
 *
 *  Title: JAFER Toolkit
 *  Description:
 *  Copyright: Copyright (c) 2001
 *  Company: Oxford University
 *
 *@author     Antony Corfield; Matthew Dovey; Colin Tatham
 *@version    1.0
 */

package org.jafer.interfaces;

import org.jafer.exception.JaferException;

/**
 * Methods for connecting to Z39.50 datasources
 * @author Antony Corfield; Matthew Dovey; Colin Tatham
 *
 */
public interface Connection {
	/**
   * Set connection timeout
   * @param timeout timeout in miliseconds
   */
  public void setTimeout(int timeout);
	/**
   * Get connection timeout
   * @return timeout in milliseconds
   */
  public int getTimeout();

	/**
   * Set autoreconnect setting
   * @param autoReconnect number of times to attempt reconnection
   */
  public void setAutoReconnect(int autoReconnect);
	/**
   * Get autoconnection setting
   * @return Number of times to attempt reconnection
   */
  public int getAutoReconnect();

	/**
   * Close connection
   */
  public void close() throws JaferException;
}