org.springframework.transaction.annotation

Interface TransactionAnnotationParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser, JtaTransactionAnnotationParser, 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, JTA 1.2's Transactional or EJB3's TransactionAttribute.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource, SpringTransactionAnnotationParser, Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser, JtaTransactionAnnotationParser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TransactionAttribute	parseTransactionAnnotation(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element) Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on an annotation type understood by this parser.

Method Detail

parseTransactionAnnotation

TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)

Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on an annotation type understood by this parser.

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

Parameters:

element - the annotated method or class

Returns:

the configured transaction attribute, or null if none found

See Also:

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