[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-1364) Defensive check of isClosed when obtaining a connection from ConnectionManager

Defensive check of isClosed when obtaining a connection from ConnectionManager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-1364 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-1364 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Improvement Components: core Affects Versions: 3.1 Environment: Particularly bad in J2EE environments, where thread stale thread-local connections show up in an unpredictable manner as threads are re-used. Reporter: Damon Feldman Assignee: Steve Ebersole Priority: Minor Fix For: 3.1.2 Original Estimate: 20 minutes Remaining Estimate: 20 minutes A null connection is returned to the caller, causing a NPE in another part of the system if a connection is set to null AND the ConnectionManager is closed. ---- EXISTING CODE from ConnectionManager ---- /** * Retrieves the connection currently managed by this ConnectionManager. * <p/> * Note, that we may need to obtain a connection to return here if a * connection has either not yet been obtained (non-UserSuppliedConnectionProvider) * or has previously been aggressively released (if supported in this environment). * * @return The current Connection. * * @throws HibernateException Indicates a connection is currently not * available (we are currently manually disconnected). */ public Connection getConnection() throws HibernateException { if ( connection == null && !isClosed ) { openConnection(); } return connection; } --------------------- RECOMMENDATION ----------- public Connection getConnection() throws HibernateException { if ( connection == null) { if(isClosed ) throw new HibernateException("A Connection Manager that has been closed cannot supply a Connection."); openConnection(); } return connection; }