A process that acts a connection point from the listener to the database server. A service handler can be a shared server dispatcher or dedicated server or a Database Resident Connection Pooling broker. During a connection, a connect descriptor is passed to the listener. It is the job of the listener job to determine what kind of service handler will best service client requests.
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