Example of a connection pool (from JIVE) (5)

// File: DbConnectionProvider. java
Package com. qingtuo. db. pool;
Import java. SQL .*;
Import java. util .*;
Public abstract class DbConnectionProvider {
/** Dummy values. Override in subclasses .**/
Private static final String NAME = "";
Private static final String DESCRIPTION = "";
Private static final String AUTHOR = "";
Private static final int MAJOR_VERSION = 0;
Private static final int MINOR_VERSION = 0;
Private static final boolean POOLED = false;
/**
* Returns the name of the connection provider.
*/
Public String getName (){
Return NAME;
    }
/**
* Returns a description of the connection provider.
*/
Public String getDescription (){
Return DESCRIPTION;
    }
/**
* Returns the author of the connection provider.
*/
Public String getAuthor (){
Return AUTHOR;
    }
/**
* Returns the major version of the connection provider, I. e. the 1 in 1.0.
*/
Public int getMajorVersion (){
Return MAJOR_VERSION;
    }
Public int getMinorVersion (){