org.springframework.transaction.annotation
Interface TransactionAnnotationParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser, SpringTransactionAnnotationParser

public interface TransactionAnnotationParser

Strategy interface for parsing known transaction annotation types. AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource delegates to such parsers for supporting specific annotation types such as Spring's own Transactional or EJB3's TransactionAttribute.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource, SpringTransactionAnnotationParser, Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser

Method Summary

TransactionAttribute

parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae) Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

Method Detail

parseTransactionAnnotation

TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae)

Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

This essentially parses a known transaction annotation into Spring's metadata attribute class. Returns null if the method/class is not transactional.

Parameters:

ae - the annotated method or class

Returns:

TransactionAttribute the configured transaction attribute, or null if none was found

See Also:

AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource.determineTransactionAttribute(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement)