1 /* 2 * $Id: TransactionFactory.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesoft.com 5 * 6 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 7 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 8 * LICENSE.txt file. 9 */ 10 11 package org.mule.api.transaction; 12 13 import org.mule.api.MuleContext; 14 15 16 /** 17 * <code>TransactionFactory</code> creates a transaction. 18 */ 19 public interface TransactionFactory 20 { 21 /** 22 * Create and begins a new transaction 23 * 24 * @return a new Transaction 25 * @throws TransactionException if the transaction cannot be created or begun 26 * @param muleContext 27 */ 28 Transaction beginTransaction(MuleContext muleContext) throws TransactionException; 29 30 /** 31 * Determines whether this transaction factory creates transactions that are 32 * really transacted or if they are being used to simulate batch actions, such as 33 * using Jms Client Acknowledge. 34 */ 35 boolean isTransacted(); 36 }