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package org.apache.isis.applib.services.xactn;
import org.apache.isis.applib.annotation.Programmatic;
public interface TransactionService {
/**
* Flush all changes to the object store.
*
* <p>
* Occasionally useful to ensure that newly persisted domain objects
* are flushed to the database prior to a subsequent repository query.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* Equivalent to {@link Transaction#flush()} (with {@link Transaction} obtained using {@link #currentTransaction()}).
* </p>
*/
@Programmatic
void flushTransaction();
/**
* Intended only for use by fixture scripts and integration tests; commits this transaction and starts a new one.
*/
@Programmatic
void nextTransaction();
/**
* Returns a representation of the current transaction.
*/
@Programmatic
Transaction currentTransaction();
}