Transactional.java

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package org.apache.felix.ipojo.transaction;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Transactionnal Method annotation.
 * Allows the declaration of transactionnal method.
 * Be aware that despite is it provided in the annotations jar,
 * it refers to an external handler.
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Transactional {

    /**
     * Sets the transaction timeout.
     */
    long timeout() default 0;;

    /**
     * Sets the transaction propagation policy.
     * Supported values are : requires mandatory, notsupported, never, requiresnew.
     */
    String propagation() default "requires";

    /**
     * Sets the exceptions that do not rollback the current transaction.
     */
    String[] norollbackfor() default { };

    /**
     * Sets if the transaction rollback throws an exception.
     */
    boolean exceptiononrollback() default false;


}