javax.transaction: public interface: TransactionManager

javax.transaction
public interface: TransactionManager [javadoc | source] The TransactionManager interface defines the methods that allow an application server to manage transaction boundaries.

Method from javax.transaction.TransactionManager Summary:
begin, commit, getStatus, getTransaction, resume, rollback, setRollbackOnly, setTransactionTimeout, suspend

Method from javax.transaction.TransactionManager Detail:
public void begin() throws SystemException, NotSupportedException Create a new transaction and associate it with the current thread.
public void commit() throws SystemException, SecurityException, RollbackException, IllegalStateException, HeuristicRollbackException, HeuristicMixedException Complete the transaction associated with the current thread. When this method completes, the thread is no longer associated with a transaction.
public int getStatus() throws SystemException Obtain the status of the transaction associated with the current thread.
public Transaction getTransaction() throws SystemException Get the transaction object that represents the transaction context of the calling thread.
public void resume(Transaction tobj) throws SystemException, InvalidTransactionException, IllegalStateException Resume the transaction context association of the calling thread with the transaction represented by the supplied Transaction object. When this method returns, the calling thread is associated with the transaction context specified.
public void rollback() throws SystemException, SecurityException, IllegalStateException Roll back the transaction associated with the current thread. When this method completes, the thread is no longer associated with a transaction.
public void setRollbackOnly() throws SystemException, IllegalStateException Modify the transaction associated with the current thread such that the only possible outcome of the transaction is to roll back the transaction.
public void setTransactionTimeout(int seconds) throws SystemException Modify the timeout value that is associated with transactions started by the current thread with the begin method. If an application has not called this method, the transaction service uses some default value for the transaction timeout.
public Transaction suspend() throws SystemException Suspend the transaction currently associated with the calling thread and return a Transaction object that represents the transaction context being suspended. If the calling thread is not associated with a transaction, the method returns a null object reference. When this method returns, the calling thread is not associated with a transaction.