/*
* Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
* license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
* LICENSE.txt file.
*/
package org.mule.runtime.core.api.transaction;
import org.mule.runtime.api.tx.TransactionException;
import org.mule.runtime.core.api.MuleContext;
/**
* <code>ExternalTransactionAwareTransactionFactory</code> creates a transaction, possibly representing a transaction started
* outside Mule.
*
*/
public interface ExternalTransactionAwareTransactionFactory extends TransactionFactory {
/**
* Create and begins a new transaction
*
* @return a new Transaction representing an existing external transaction
* @throws TransactionException if the transaction cannot be created or begun
* @param muleContext
*/
Transaction joinExternalTransaction(MuleContext muleContext) throws TransactionException;
}