1 package org.apache.ojb.otm.transaction;
2
3 /* Copyright 2003-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
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16 */
17
18 import org.apache.ojb.broker.PBKey;
19 import org.apache.ojb.otm.OTMConnection;
20 import org.apache.ojb.otm.core.Transaction;
21
22
23 /**
24 *
25 * Factory to fetch current transaction. The various implementations will handle
26 * the different implementation sceanrios, like managed and unmanaged platforms.
27 *
28 * @author <a href="mailto:rraghuram@hotmail.com">Raghu Rajah</a>
29 *
30 */
31 public interface TransactionFactory
32 {
33
34 /**
35 *
36 * Get the current Transaction.
37 *
38 * @return the current Transaction
39 *
40 */
41 public Transaction getTransactionForConnection (OTMConnection connection);
42
43 /**
44 *
45 * Acquire new connection. Creates a new connection. Depending on the implementation of the
46 * factory the connection could be associated to an existing transaction, or not.
47 *
48 * @return new connection
49 *
50 */
51 public OTMConnection acquireConnection (PBKey pbKey);
52 }