Propagation.java

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package org.springframework.transaction.annotation;

import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition; 

/**
 * Enumeration that represents transaction propagation behaviors
 * for use with the JDK 1.5+ transaction annotation, corresponding
 * to the TransactionDefinition interface.
 *
 * @author Colin Sampaleanu
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.2
 * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
 * @see org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition
 */
public enum Propagation {
	
	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, create a new one if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>This is the default setting of a transaction annotation.
	 */
	REQUIRED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED),

	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, execute non-transactionally if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>Note: For transaction managers with transaction synchronization,
	 * PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS is slightly different from no transaction at all,
	 * as it defines a transaction scopp that synchronization will apply for.
	 * As a consequence, the same resources (JDBC Connection, Hibernate Session, etc)
	 * will be shared for the entire specified scope. Note that this depends on
	 * the actual synchronization configuration of the transaction manager.
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager#setTransactionSynchronization
	 */
	SUPPORTS(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS),

	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, throw an exception if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 */
	MANDATORY(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_MANDATORY),

	/**
	 * Create a new transaction, suspend the current transaction if one exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>Note: Actual transaction suspension will not work on out-of-the-box
	 * on all transaction managers. This in particular applies to JtaTransactionManager,
	 * which requires the <code>javax.transaction.TransactionManager</code> to be
	 * made available it to it (which is server-specific in standard J2EE).
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager#setTransactionManager
	 */
	REQUIRES_NEW(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW),

	/**
	 * Execute non-transactionally, suspend the current transaction if one exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>Note: Actual transaction suspension will not work on out-of-the-box
	 * on all transaction managers. This in particular applies to JtaTransactionManager,
	 * which requires the <code>javax.transaction.TransactionManager</code> to be
	 * made available it to it (which is server-specific in standard J2EE).
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager#setTransactionManager
	 */
	NOT_SUPPORTED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NOT_SUPPORTED),

	/**
	 * Execute non-transactionally, throw an exception if a transaction exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 */
	NEVER(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NEVER),

	/**
	 * Execute within a nested transaction if a current transaction exists,
	 * behave like PROPAGATION_REQUIRED else. There is no analogous feature in EJB.
	 * <p>Note: Actual creation of a nested transaction will only work on specific
	 * transaction managers. Out of the box, this only applies to the JDBC
	 * DataSourceTransactionManager when working on a JDBC 3.0 driver.
	 * Some JTA providers might support nested transactions as well.
	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager
	 */
	NESTED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NESTED);


	private final int value;


	Propagation(int value) { this.value = value; }
	
	public int value() { return value; }
	
}