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mgIConnectionManager.h

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#pragma once

BEGIN_NAMESPACE_OSGEO_FDO_CONNECTIONS
public __gc __interface IConnection;
END_NAMESPACE_OSGEO_FDO_CONNECTIONS

BEGIN_NAMESPACE_OSGEO_FDO

/// \ingroup (OSGeoFDO)
/// \interface OSGeo::FDO::IConnectionManager
/// \brief
/// The IConnectionManager interface supports dynamic creation of connection objects 
/// given a provider name.
///
/// \remarks
/// In order for dynamic creation to work, each dynamic link library, shared library, 
/// or assembly that implements a provider must supply a well-defined entry point function that 
/// takes as input a provider name and returns an FdoIConnection instance. The definition of the 
/// entry point function is language- and platform-dependent. For this release of FDO, the 
/// windows libraries supporting FDO providers will be expected to support the following well-known 
/// entry point function, which will create and return an unitialized connection object:
///
///        FdoIConnection * CreateConnection();
///
public __gc __interface IConnectionManager : public System::IDisposable
{
public:
    /// \brief
    /// Creates an unitialized connection object given the provider name.
    /// 
    /// \param providerName 
    /// The unique name of the feature provider. This name should be of the form 
    /// [Company].[Provider].[Version].
    /// 
    /// \return
    /// Returns an instance of an IConnection object. Throws an instance of Exception if an error occurs.
    /// 
    NAMESPACE_OSGEO_FDO_CONNECTIONS::IConnection* CreateConnection(String* providerName);

    /// \brief
    /// Frees a connection library reference given the provider name.
    /// 
    /// \param providerName 
    /// The unique name of the feature provider. This name should be of the form 
    /// [Company].[Provider].[Version].
    /// 
    /// \return
    /// Returns nothing. Throws an instance of Exception if an error occurs.
    /// 
    System::Void FreeLibrary(String* providerName);
};

END_NAMESPACE_OSGEO_FDO

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