ConnectionSource

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnectionSource, AbstractDriverManagerConnectionSource, DataSourceConnectionSource, DriverManagerConnectionSource, FactoryMethodConnectionSource
```
public interface ConnectionSource
extends LifeCycle
```
Configuration element for JdbcAppender. If you want to use the JdbcAppender but none of the provided connection sources meet your needs, you can simply create your own connection source.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LifeCycle
  LifeCycle.State

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.sql.Connection`	`getConnection()`	This should return a new connection every time it is called.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	All implementations must override `Object.toString()` to provide information about the connection configuration (obscuring passwords with one-way hashes).

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LifeCycle
getState, initialize, isStarted, isStopped, start, stop

- Method Detail
  - getConnection
```
java.sql.Connection getConnection()
                           throws java.sql.SQLException
```
    This should return a new connection every time it is called.
    
    Returns:
    
    the SQL connection object.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.sql.SQLException - if a database error occurs.
  - toString
```
java.lang.String toString()
```
    All implementations must override Object.toString() to provide information about the connection configuration (obscuring passwords with one-way hashes).
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representation of this connection source.