Interface Transactor

All Known Implementing Classes:
WriteableView

public interface Transactor
Any object that want to be part of a configuration transaction should implement this interface.
Author:
Jerome Dochez
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    Aborts this Transaction, reverting the state
    boolean
    Returns true of this Transaction can be committed on this object
    Commit this Transaction.
    boolean
    Enter a new Transaction, this method should return false if this object is already enlisted in another transaction, or cannot be enlisted with the passed transaction.
  • Method Details

    • join

      boolean join(Transaction t)
      Enter a new Transaction, this method should return false if this object is already enlisted in another transaction, or cannot be enlisted with the passed transaction. If the object returns true, the object is enlisted in the passed transaction and cannot be enlisted in another transaction until either commit or abort has been issued.
      Parameters:
      t - the transaction to enlist with
      Returns:
      true if the enlisting with the passed transaction was accepted, false otherwise
    • canCommit

      boolean canCommit(Transaction t) throws TransactionFailure
      Returns true of this Transaction can be committed on this object
      Parameters:
      t - is the transaction to commit, should be the same as the one passed during the join(Transaction t) call.
      Returns:
      true if the transaction committing would be successful
      Throws:
      TransactionFailure - if the changes cannot be validated
    • commit

      Commit this Transaction.
      Parameters:
      t - the transaction commiting.
      Returns:
      list of applied property changes
      Throws:
      TransactionFailure - if the transaction commit failed
    • abort

      void abort(Transaction t)
      Aborts this Transaction, reverting the state
      Parameters:
      t - the aborting transaction