Pattern: ObjectPool

Manage the reuse of objects for a type of object that is expensive to create, or only a limited number of a kind of object can be created.

Links:

• Pattern Summaries: Object Pool
• Recycle broken objects in resource pools Here's how to improve performance and share objects between clients with the recycler idiom

Manage a collection of database connections

Links:

• Implement a JDBC Connection Pool via the Object Pool Pattern The Connection Pool is ideal for connections via JDBC
• Implement a JDBC Connection Pool, part 2 Complete the JDBC Connection Pool started in part 1
• Improved Performance with a Connection Pool If you have heard anything about Servlets you know that one of the advantages over CGI is that a Servlet can keep information between requests and share common resources. This article describes one common use of this feature, namely a database connection pool.