ValidatingManagedConnectionFactory

```
public interface ValidatingManagedConnectionFactory
```
This interface is implemented by a ManagedConnectionFactory instance that supports the ability to validate ManagedConnection objects.
This may be used by the application server to prune invalid ManagedConnection objects from its connection pool.
The application server may use this functionality to test the validity of a ManagedConnection by passing in a Set of size one( with the ManagedConnection that has to be tested for validity as the only member of the Set.

Version:

1.0

Method Summary

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Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Set`	`getInvalidConnections(java.util.Set connectionSet)`	This method returns a set of invalid `ManagedConnection` objects chosen from a specified set of `ManagedConnection` objects.

- Method Detail
  - getInvalidConnections
```
java.util.Set getInvalidConnections(java.util.Set connectionSet)
                             throws ResourceException
```
    This method returns a set of invalid ManagedConnection objects chosen from a specified set of ManagedConnection objects.
    
    Parameters:
    
    connectionSet - a set of ManagedConnection objects that need to be validated.
    
    Returns:
    
    a set of invalid ManagedConnection objects.
    
    Throws:
    
    ResourceException - generic exception.