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/**
* This interface is implemented by a <code>ManagedConnectionFactory</code>
* instance that supports the ability to validate
* <code>ManagedConnection</code> objects.
*
* <p>This may be used by the application server to prune invalid
* <code>ManagedConnection</code> objects from its connection pool.
*
* <p>The application server may use this functionality to test the
* validity of a <code>ManagedConnection</code> by passing in a
* <code>Set</code> of size one( with the <code>ManagedConnection</code>
* that has to be tested for validity as the only member of the
* <code>Set</code>.
*
*
* @author Ram Jeyaraman
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface ValidatingManagedConnectionFactory {
/**
* This method returns a set of invalid <code>ManagedConnection</code>
* objects chosen from a specified set of <code>ManagedConnection</code>
* objects.
*
* @param connectionSet a set of <code>ManagedConnection</code> objects
* that need to be validated.
*
* @return a set of invalid <code>ManagedConnection</code> objects.
*
* @throws ResourceException generic exception.
*/
}