diff --git a/beehive-jdbc-control/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/system/jdbc/CloseableControl.java b/beehive-jdbc-control/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/system/jdbc/CloseableControl.java
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+package org.apache.beehive.controls.system.jdbc;
+
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean.ControlInterface;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+
+@ControlInterface
+public interface CloseableControl extends Closeable {
+}
diff --git a/beehive-jdbc-control/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/system/jdbc/CloseableControlImpl.java b/beehive-jdbc-control/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/system/jdbc/CloseableControlImpl.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * $Header:$
+ */
+package org.apache.beehive.controls.system.jdbc;
+
+import com.moparisthebest.jdbc.codegen.JdbcMapperFactory;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.ControlException;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean.ControlImplementation;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean.Extensible;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.ControlBeanContext;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.ResourceContext;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.ResourceContext.ResourceEvents;
+import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events.EventHandler;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import static com.moparisthebest.jdbc.TryClose.tryClose;
+
+/**
+ * The implementation class for the database controller.
+ */
+@ControlImplementation
+public class CloseableControlImpl implements CloseableControl, Extensible, java.io.Serializable {
+
+    //
+    // contexts provided by the beehive controls runtime
+    //
+    @org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.Context
+    protected ControlBeanContext _context;
+    @org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context.Context
+    protected ResourceContext _resourceContext;
+
+    protected transient Closeable closeable;
+
+    private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(CloseableControlImpl.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor
+     */
+    public CloseableControlImpl() { }
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked by the controls runtime when a new instance of this class is aquired by the runtime
+     */
+    @EventHandler(field = "_resourceContext", eventSet = ResourceEvents.class, eventName = "onAcquire")
+    public void onAquire() {
+
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Enter: onAquire()");
+        }
+
+        try {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            final Closeable closeable = (Closeable) JdbcMapperFactory.create(_context.getControlInterface());
+            this.closeable = closeable;
+        } catch (Exception se) {
+            throw new ControlException("Exception while attempting to instantiate implementation.", se);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Invoked by the controls runtime when an instance of this class is released by the runtime
+     */
+    @EventHandler(field = "_resourceContext", eventSet = ResourceEvents.class, eventName = "onRelease")
+    public void close() {
+
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Enter: onRelease()");
+        }
+
+        tryClose(closeable);
+
+        closeable = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called by the Controls runtime to handle calls to methods of an extensible control.
+     *
+     * @param method The extended operation that was called.
+     * @param args   Parameters of the operation.
+     * @return The value that should be returned by the operation.
+     * @throws Throwable any exception declared on the extended operation may be
+     *                   thrown.  If a checked exception is thrown from the implementation that is not declared
+     *                   on the original interface, it will be wrapped in a ControlException.
+     */
+    public Object invoke(Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
+
+        if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.debug("Enter: invoke()");
+        }
+
+        assert closeable != null : "invoke(): Closeable has been closed!!!!";
+
+        return method.invoke(closeable, args);
+    }
+}