Transactional.java

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package io.jeo.data;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Interface implemented by Datasets that support transactions. 
 * 
 * @author Justin Deoliveira, OpenGeo
 */
public interface Transactional {

    /**
     * Creates a new transaction object.
     * 
     * @param options Implementation options to use when creating the transaction, may be 
     * <code>null</code>.
     * 
     * @return A new transaction instance.
     */
    Transaction transaction(Map<String,Object> options) throws IOException;
}