1 /***
2 * Copyright 2003-2010 Terracotta, Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16 package net.sf.ehcache.transaction;
17
18 import net.sf.ehcache.transaction.xa.XidTransactionID;
19
20 import javax.transaction.xa.Xid;
21
22 /***
23 * A factory for transaction IDs. Generated transaction ID's must be unique to the entire
24 * cluster-wide CacheManager.
25 *
26 * @author Ludovic Orban
27 */
28 public interface TransactionIDFactory {
29
30 /***
31 * Create a unique transaction ID
32 * @return a transaction ID
33 */
34 TransactionID createTransactionID();
35
36 /***
37 * Create a transaction ID based on a XID for uniqueness
38 * @param xid the XID
39 * @return a transaction ID
40 */
41 XidTransactionID createXidTransactionID(Xid xid);
42
43 }