Paul Holmes-Higgin cefda8c965 Updated header to LGPL
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.alfresco.service.transaction;
import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
import org.alfresco.service.NotAuditable;
import org.alfresco.service.PublicService;
/**
* Contract for retrieving access to a user transaction.
* <p>
* Note that the implementation of the {@link javax.transaction.UserTransaction}
* is not able to provide the full set of status codes available on the
* {@link javax.transaction.Status} class.
*
* @author David Caruana
*/
@PublicService
public interface TransactionService
{
/**
* Determine if ALL user transactions will be read-only.
*
* @return Returns true if all transactions are read-only.
*/
@NotAuditable
public boolean isReadOnly();
/**
* Gets a user transaction that supports transaction propagation.
* This is like the EJB <b>REQUIRED</b> transaction attribute.
*
* @return the user transaction
*/
@NotAuditable
UserTransaction getUserTransaction();
/**
* Gets a user transaction that supports transaction propagation.
* This is like the EJB <b>REQUIRED</b> transaction attribute.
*
* @param readOnly Set true for a READONLY transaction instance, false otherwise.
* Note that it is not <i>always</i> possible to force a write transaction if the
* system is in read-only mode.
* @return the user transaction
*/
@NotAuditable
UserTransaction getUserTransaction(boolean readOnly);
/**
* Gets a user transaction that ensures a new transaction is created.
* Any enclosing transaction is not propagated.
* This is like the EJB <b>REQUIRES_NEW</b> transaction attribute -
* when the transaction is started, the current transaction will be
* suspended and a new one started.
*
* @return Returns a non-propagating user transaction
*/
@NotAuditable
UserTransaction getNonPropagatingUserTransaction();
/**
* Gets a user transaction that ensures a new transaction is created.
* Any enclosing transaction is not propagated.
* This is like the EJB <b>REQUIRES_NEW</b> transaction attribute -
* when the transaction is started, the current transaction will be
* suspended and a new one started.
*
* @param readOnly Set true for a READONLY transaction instance, false otherwise.
* Note that it is not <i>always</i> possible to force a write transaction if the
* system is in read-only mode.
* @return Returns a non-gating user transaction
*/
@NotAuditable
UserTransaction getNonPropagatingUserTransaction(boolean readOnly);
/**
* Get the standard instance of the helper object that supports transaction retrying.
*
* @return
* Returns a helper object that executes units of work transactionally. The helper
* can be reused or altered as required.
*/
@NotAuditable
RetryingTransactionHelper getRetryingTransactionHelper();
}