1 /* 2 * $Id: ExternalTransactionAwareTransactionFactory.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>ExternalTransactionAwareTransactionFactory</code> creates a transaction, possibly representing a transaction 18 * started outside Mule. 19 * 20 */ 21 public interface ExternalTransactionAwareTransactionFactory extends TransactionFactory 22 { 23 /** 24 * Create and begins a new transaction 25 * 26 * @return a new Transaction representing an existing external transaction 27 * @throws org.mule.api.transaction.TransactionException if the transaction cannot be created or begun 28 * @param muleContext 29 */ 30 Transaction joinExternalTransaction(MuleContext muleContext) throws TransactionException; 31 }