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package org.springframework.transaction;
/**
* This is the central interface in Spring's transaction infrastructure.
* Applications can use this directly, but it is not primarily meant as API:
* Typically, applications will work with either TransactionTemplate or
* declarative transaction demarcation through AOP.
*
* <p>For implementors, it is recommended to derive from the provided
* {@link org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager}
* class, which pre-implements the defined propagation behavior and takes care
* of transaction synchronization handling. Subclasses have to implement
* template methods for specific states of the underlying transaction,
* for example: begin, suspend, resume, commit.
*
* <p>The default implementations of this strategy interface are
* {@link org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager} and
* {@link org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager},
* which can serve as an implementation guide for other transaction strategies.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 16.05.2003
* @see org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate
* @see org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor
* @see org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionProxyFactoryBean
*/
public interface PlatformTransactionManager {
/**
* Return a currently active transaction or create a new one, according to
* the specified propagation behavior.
* <p>Note that parameters like isolation level or timeout will only be applied
* to new transactions, and thus be ignored when participating in active ones.
* <p>Furthermore, not all transaction definition settings will be supported
* by every transaction manager: A proper transaction manager implementation
* should throw an exception when unsupported settings are encountered.
* <p>An exception to the above rule is the read-only flag, which should be
* ignored if no explicit read-only mode is supported. Essentially, the
* read-only flag is just a hint for potential optimization.
* @param definition TransactionDefinition instance (can be <code>null</code> for defaults),
* describing propagation behavior, isolation level, timeout etc.
* @return transaction status object representing the new or current transaction
* @throws TransactionException in case of lookup, creation, or system errors
* @throws IllegalTransactionStateException if the given transaction definition
* cannot be executed (for example, if a currently active transaction is in
* conflict with the specified propagation behavior)
* @see TransactionDefinition#getPropagationBehavior
* @see TransactionDefinition#getIsolationLevel
* @see TransactionDefinition#getTimeout
* @see TransactionDefinition#isReadOnly
*/
TransactionStatus getTransaction(TransactionDefinition definition) throws TransactionException;
/**
* Commit the given transaction, with regard to its status. If the transaction
* has been marked rollback-only programmatically, perform a rollback.
* <p>If the transaction wasn't a new one, omit the commit for proper
* participation in the surrounding transaction. If a previous transaction
* has been suspended to be able to create a new one, resume the previous
* transaction after committing the new one.
* <p>Note that when the commit call completes, no matter if normally or
* throwing an exception, the transaction must be fully completed and
* cleaned up. No rollback call should be expected in such a case.
* <p>If this method throws an exception other than a TransactionException,
* then some before-commit error caused the commit attempt to fail. For
* example, an O/R Mapping tool might have tried to flush changes to the
* database right before commit, with the resulting DataAccessException
* causing the transaction to fail. The original exception will be
* propagated to the caller of this commit method in such a case.
* @param status object returned by the <code>getTransaction</code> method
* @throws UnexpectedRollbackException in case of an unexpected rollback
* that the transaction coordinator initiated
* @throws HeuristicCompletionException in case of a transaction failure
* caused by a heuristic decision on the side of the transaction coordinator
* @throws TransactionSystemException in case of commit or system errors
* (typically caused by fundamental resource failures)
* @throws IllegalTransactionStateException if the given transaction
* is already completed (that is, committed or rolled back)
* @see TransactionStatus#setRollbackOnly
*/
void commit(TransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException;
/**
* Perform a rollback of the given transaction.
* <p>If the transaction wasn't a new one, just set it rollback-only for proper
* participation in the surrounding transaction. If a previous transaction
* has been suspended to be able to create a new one, resume the previous
* transaction after rolling back the new one.
* <p><b>Do not call rollback on a transaction if commit threw an exception.</b>
* The transaction will already have been completed and cleaned up when commit
* returns, even in case of a commit exception. Consequently, a rollback call
* after commit failure will lead to an IllegalTransactionStateException.
* @param status object returned by the <code>getTransaction</code> method
* @throws TransactionSystemException in case of rollback or system errors
* (typically caused by fundamental resource failures)
* @throws IllegalTransactionStateException if the given transaction
* is already completed (that is, committed or rolled back)
*/
void rollback(TransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException;
}