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 * Contributors:
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.1
 *     Linda DeMichiel - Java Persistence 2.0
 *
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package javax.persistence;

/**
 * Interface used to control transactions on resource-local entity
 * managers.  The {@link EntityManager#getTransaction
 * EntityManager.getTransaction()} method returns the
 * EntityTransaction interface.

 *
 * @since Java Persistence 1.0
 */
public interface EntityTransaction {

     /**
      * Start a resource transaction. 
      * @throws IllegalStateException if isActive() is true
      */
     public void begin();

     /**
      * Commit the current resource transaction, writing any 
      * unflushed changes to the database.  
      * @throws IllegalStateException if isActive() is false
      * @throws RollbackException if the commit fails
      */
     public void commit();

     /**
      * Roll back the current resource transaction. 
      * @throws IllegalStateException if isActive() is false
      * @throws PersistenceException if an unexpected error 
      *         condition is encountered
      */
     public void rollback();

     /**
      * Mark the current resource transaction so that the only 
      * possible outcome of the transaction is for the transaction 
      * to be rolled back. 
      * @throws IllegalStateException if isActive() is false
      */
     public void setRollbackOnly();

     /**
      * Determine whether the current resource transaction has been 
      * marked for rollback.
      * @return boolean indicating whether the transaction has been
      *         marked for rollback
      * @throws IllegalStateException if isActive() is false
      */
     public boolean getRollbackOnly();

     /**
      * Indicate whether a resource transaction is in progress.
      * @return boolean indicating whether transaction is
      *         in progress
      * @throws PersistenceException if an unexpected error 
      *         condition is encountered
      */
     public boolean isActive();
}