fixes #39

core/src/main/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/DBUnitRule.java

@@ -156,5 +156,10 @@ public DataSetExecutor getDataSetExecutor() {
                 return executor;
             }
 
+            public DBUnitRule cacheConnection(boolean cacheConnection) {
+                executor.cacheConnection(cacheConnection);
+                return this;
+            }
+
 
         }

core/src/main/java/com/github/dbunit/rules/api/dataset/DataSetExecutor.java

@@ -1,40 +1,46 @@
-package com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset;
-
-import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.connection.ConnectionHolder;
-import org.dbunit.DatabaseUnitException;
-import org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException;
-import org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
-
-/**
- * Created by pestano on 01/08/15.
- */
-public interface DataSetExecutor{
-
-    /**
-     * creates a dataset into executor's database connection using given dataSetModel
-     * @param dataSetModel
-     */
-    void createDataSet(DataSetModel dataSetModel);
-
-    IDataSet loadDataSet(String name) throws DataSetException, IOException;
-
-    ConnectionHolder getConnectionHolder();
-
-    void clearDatabase(DataSetModel dataset) throws SQLException;
-
-    void executeStatements(String[] statements);
-
-    void executeScript(String scriptPath);
-
-    String getId();
-
-    /**
-     * compares dataset from executor's databse connection with a given dataset
-     * @param expected
-     * @throws DatabaseUnitException if current dataset is not equal current dataset
-     */
-    void compareCurrentDataSetWith(DataSetModel expected, String[] ignoreCols) throws DatabaseUnitException;
-}
+package com.github.dbunit.rules.api.dataset;
+
+import com.github.dbunit.rules.api.connection.ConnectionHolder;
+import org.dbunit.DatabaseUnitException;
+import org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException;
+import org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+/**
+ * Created by pestano on 01/08/15.
+ */
+public interface DataSetExecutor{
+
+    /**
+     * creates a dataset into executor's database connection using given dataSetModel
+     * @param dataSetModel
+     */
+    void createDataSet(DataSetModel dataSetModel);
+
+    IDataSet loadDataSet(String name) throws DataSetException, IOException;
+
+    ConnectionHolder getConnectionHolder();
+
+    void clearDatabase(DataSetModel dataset) throws SQLException;
+
+    void executeStatements(String[] statements);
+
+    void executeScript(String scriptPath);
+
+    String getId();
+
+    /**
+     * compares dataset from executor's databse connection with a given dataset
+     * @param expected
+     * @throws DatabaseUnitException if current dataset is not equal current dataset
+     */
+    void compareCurrentDataSetWith(DataSetModel expected, String[] ignoreCols) throws DatabaseUnitException;
+
+
+    /**
+     * @param cacheConnection if true database connection will be reused among multiple executions of same executor.
+     */
+    DataSetExecutor cacheConnection(boolean cacheConnection);
+}