OPENJPA-1294: getNewConnection()

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openjpa/trunk@814072 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/kernel/JDBCStore.java

@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ public interface JDBCStore {
      * method is implemented as a no-op.
      */
     public Connection getConnection();
+    
+    /**
+     * Return a new SQL connection to the database.
+     * This is used when the current connection still has a open result set
+     * and a new database operation needs to be done. 
+     * The <code>close</code> method should always be called on the connection
+     * to free any resources it is using. When appropriate, the close
+     * method is implemented as a no-op.
+     */
+    public Connection getNewConnection();
 
     /**
      * Return the current default fetch configuration.