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/*
* Copyright 2003-2018 MarkLogic Corporation
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.marklogic.xcc;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import com.marklogic.xcc.spi.ConnectionProvider;
/**
*
* A ContentSource object describes a content source (MarkLogic Server instance) and serves as a
* factory that creates {@link Session} objects. Instances of ContentSource may be obtained from a
* JNDI lookup service or from one of the static factory methods on the {@link ContentSourceFactory}
* class.
*
*
* See the {@link #getDefaultLogger()} method for information about configuring logging behavior.
*
*
* @see #getDefaultLogger()
* @see ContentSourceFactory
* @see Session
*/
public interface ContentSource {
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the default contentbase for this ContentSource.
* Login credentials are the defaults established when the instance was created or bound to the
* JNDI service.
*
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If this ContentSource was created without specifying user/password credentials.
*/
Session newSession();
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the specified contentbase on the server
* represented by this ContentSource.
*
* @param contentbaseId
* A contentbase name or numeric ID.
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
* @throws IllegalStateException
* If this ContentSource was created without specifying default user credentials.
*/
Session newSession(String contentbaseId);
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the default contentbase for this ContentSource
* using the provided login credentials.
*
* @param userName
* The user name to connect as.
* @param password
* The password associated with the user name.
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
* @deprecated
*/
@Deprecated
Session newSession(String userName, String password);
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the default contentbase for this ContentSource
* using the provided login credentials.
*
* @param userName
* The user name to connect as.
* @param password
* The password associated with the user name.
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
*/
Session newSession(String userName, char[] password);
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the specified contentbase on the server
* represented by this ContentSource, using the provided user credentials.
*
* @param userName
* The user name to connect as.
* @param password
* The password associated with the user name.
* @param contentbaseId
* A contentbase name or numeric ID.
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
*/
Session newSession(String userName, char[] password, String contentbaseId);
/**
* Attempts to establish a {@link Session} with the specified contentbase on the server
* represented by this ContentSource, using the provided user credentials.
*
* @param userName
* The user name to connect as.
* @param password
* The password associated with the user name.
* @param contentbaseId
* A contentbase name or numeric ID.
* @return A {@link Session} instance.
* @deprecated
*/
@Deprecated
Session newSession(String userName, String password, String contentbaseId);
/**
*
* Returns the current Logger to which log messages will be sent. If not overridden with
* {@link #setDefaultLogger(Logger)}, an implementation default logger is returned. This Logger
* will be inherited by {@link Session} instances created from this ContentSource. The
* {@link Logger} for individual {@link Session}s can be overridden with the
* {@link Session#setLogger(java.util.logging.Logger)} method.
*
*
* The name of the implementation default logger is com.marklogic.xcc. This is the
* name which should be used in a logging properties file (see
* {@link java.util.logging.LogManager}) to customize the logger.
*
*
* XCC includes a bundled properties file that augments the default JVM logging properties. This
* file, xcc.logging.properties, is read from the classpath when the first ContentSource
* instance is created. The properties file in xcc.jar looks like this. If you wish to customize
* these logging properties, place a copy of this file in your classpath ahead of xcc.jar.
*
*
* Default logging properties file in
* xcc.jar.
*
*
* @return The currently set Logger instance, or a default created by the implementation.
*/
Logger getDefaultLogger();
// TODO: Provide an example/solution for using log4J loggers.
/**
*
* Set the default java.util.Logger instance which will be inherited by new {@link Session}
* instances.
*
*
* @param logger
* An instance of java.util.logging.Logger
*/
void setDefaultLogger(Logger logger);
/**
* @return true if basic authentication will be attempted preemptively, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isAuthenticationPreemptive();
/**
*
Sets whether basic authentication should be attempted preemptively, default is false.
*
* Preemptive authentication can reduce the overhead of making connections to servers that accept
* basic authentication by eliminating the challenge-response interaction otherwise required.
*
* Note that misuse of preemptive authentication entails potential security risks, and under most
* circumstances the credentials used to authenticate will be cached after the first connection. To
* avoid creating the illusion that credentials are protected, connections to a server requiring digest
* authentication will not be retried if this flag is set.
*
* @param value true if basic authentication should be attempted preemptively, false otherwise.
*/
public void setAuthenticationPreemptive(boolean value);
/**
* @return The ConnectionProvider used to construct this ContentSource.
*/
public ConnectionProvider getConnectionProvider();
}