Spring Framework example source code file (TransactionAnnotationParser.java)

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The Spring Framework TransactionAnnotationParser.java source code

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package org.springframework.transaction.annotation;

import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;

import org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAttribute;

/**
 * Strategy interface for parsing known transaction annotation types.
 * {@link AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource} delegates to such
 * parsers for supporting specific annotation types such as Spring's own
 * {@link Transactional} or EJB3's {@link javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute}.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.5
 * @see AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource
 * @see SpringTransactionAnnotationParser
 * @see Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser
 */
public interface TransactionAnnotationParser {

	/**
	 * Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class,
	 * based on a known annotation type.
	 * <p>This essentially parses a known transaction annotation into Spring's
	 * metadata attribute class. Returns <code>null if the method/class
	 * is not transactional.
	 * @param ae the annotated method or class
	 * @return TransactionAttribute the configured transaction attribute,
	 * or <code>null if none was found
	 * @see AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource#determineTransactionAttribute
	 */
	TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae);

}