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+# interfaces.py
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Jason Kirtland jek@discorporate.us
+#
+# This module is part of SQLAlchemy and is released under
+# the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+
+
+class PoolListener(object):
+    """Hooks into the lifecycle of connections in a ``Pool``.
+
+    """
+
+    def connect(dbapi_con, con_record):
+        """Called once for each new DBAPI connection or pool's ``creator()``.
+
+        dbapi_con:
+          A newly connected raw DBAPI connection (not a SQLAlchemy
+          ``Connection`` wrapper).
+
+        con_record:
+          The ``_ConnectionRecord`` that currently owns the connection
+        """
+
+    def checkout(dbapi_con, con_record):
+        """Called when a connection is retrieved from the pool.
+
+        dbapi_con:
+          A raw DBAPI connection
+
+        con_record:
+          The ``_ConnectionRecord`` that currently owns the connection
+
+        If you raise an ``exceptions.DisconnectionError``, the current
+        connection will be disposed and a fresh connection retrieved.
+        Processing of all checkout listeners will abort and restart
+        using the new connection.
+        """
+
+    def checkin(dbapi_con, con_record):
+        """Called when a connection returns to the pool.
+
+        Note that the connection may be closed, and may be None if the
+        connection has been invalidated.  ``checkin`` will not be called
+        for detached connections.  (They do not return to the pool.)
+
+        dbapi_con:
+          A raw DBAPI connection
+
+        con_record:
+          The _ConnectionRecord that currently owns the connection
+        """