The Jakarta Commons DBCP Package

1. INTRODUCTION

The DBCP package provides database connection pooling services. The following features are supported

• DataSource and Driver interfaces to the pool.
• Support for arbitrary sources of the underlying Connections.
• Integration with arbitrary org.apache.commons.pool.ObjectPool implementations.
• Support for Connection validation, expiration, etc.
• Support for PreparedStatement pooling.
• XML configuration.

2. DEPENDENCIES

The DBCP package is dependent upon the following external components for development and use:

• Java Development Kit (Version 1.2 or later)
• Java 2 Enterprise Edition (javax.sql packages only)
• Jakarta-Commons Collections package
• Jakarta-Commons Pool package
• [currently, for JOCL configuration] Simple API for XML (Version 2.0 or later)
• [currently, for JOCL configuration] A SAX 2.0 compliant XML parser (Xerces, XP, etc.)
• JUnit Testing Framework (Version 3.2 or later) - for unit tests only, not required for deployment

3. RELEASE INFO

Current Release: Unreleased, CVS Repository Only

Planned Next Release: TBD

4. COMMITTERS

The following individuals are the primary developers and maintainers of this component. Developers who plan to use the DBCP package in their own projects are encouraged to collaborate on the future development of this component to ensure that it continues to meet a variety of needs.

• Morgan Delagrange
• Geir Magnusson Jr.
• Craig R. McClanahan
• Ignacio J. Ortega
• Rodney Waldhoff
• David Weinrich

5. ACTION ITEMS

The following action items need to be completed prior to a Version 1.0 release of this component: