/*
 * Copyright 2010-2012 Luca Garulli (l.garulli--at--orientechnologies.com)
 *
 * 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
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package com.orientechnologies.common.concur.resource;

public interface OResourcePoolListener<K, V> {

	/**
	 * Creates a new resource to be used and to be pooled when the client finishes with it.
	 * 
	 * @return The new resource
	 */
	public V createNewResource(K iKey, Object... iAdditionalArgs);

	/**
	 * Reuses the pooled resource.
	 * 
	 * @return true if can be reused, otherwise false. In this case the resource will be removed from the pool
	 */
	public boolean reuseResource(K iKey, Object[] iAdditionalArgs, V iValue);
}
