package org.msh.reports;

import java.sql.Connection;

public interface ReportResourceProvider {

	/**
	 * Return a JDBC connection to be used by the report to access the data
	 * @return
	 */
	Connection getConnection();
	

	/**
	 * Resolve a name to a value. In web application it's the injection dependency approach that references an
	 * object by a name. For example, in SEAM framework, the resolution is to resolve a name to a component 
	 * (using the Component.getInstance method), but can be easily implemented to other platforms that doesn't
	 * use SEAM (or even not WEB)
	 *  
	 * @param name
	 * @return value corresponding to its name
	 */
	Object resolveName(String name);
	
}