ConnectionSource

All Superinterfaces:

ReferenceCounted
```
@Deprecated
public interface ConnectionSource
extends ReferenceCounted
```
Deprecated.

A source of connections to a single MongoDB server.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Connection`	`getConnection()`	Deprecated. Gets a connection from this source.
`ServerDescription`	`getServerDescription()`	Deprecated. Gets the current description of this source.
`SessionContext`	`getSessionContext()`	Deprecated. Gets the session context for this source
`ConnectionSource`	`retain()`	Deprecated. Retain an additional reference to this object.

Methods inherited from interface com.mongodb.binding.ReferenceCounted
getCount, release

- Method Detail
  - getServerDescription
```
ServerDescription getServerDescription()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Gets the current description of this source.
    
    Returns:
    
    the current details of the server state.
  - getSessionContext
```
SessionContext getSessionContext()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Gets the session context for this source
    
    Returns:
    
    the session context, which may not be null
    
    Since:
    
    3.6
  - getConnection
```
Connection getConnection()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Gets a connection from this source.
    
    Returns:
    
    the connection
  - retain
```
ConnectionSource retain()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Description copied from interface: ReferenceCounted
    
    Retain an additional reference to this object. All retained references must be released, or there will be a leak.
    
    Specified by:
    
    retain in interface ReferenceCounted
    
    Returns:
    
    this