org.hibernate.cache.spi

Interface TransactionalDataRegion

All Superinterfaces:

Region

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionRegion, EntityRegion, NaturalIdRegion

public interface TransactionalDataRegion
extends Region

Defines contract for regions which hold transactionally-managed data.

The data is not transactionally managed within the region; merely it is transactionally-managed in relation to its association with a particular Session.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CacheDataDescription	getCacheDataDescription() Get the description of the type of data to be stored here, which would have been given to the RegionFactory when creating this region
boolean	isTransactionAware() Is the underlying cache implementation aware of (and "participating in") ongoing JTA transactions? Regions which report that they are transaction-aware are considered "synchronous", in that we assume we can immediately (i.e.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.cache.spi.Region

contains, destroy, getElementCountInMemory, getElementCountOnDisk, getName, getSizeInMemory, getTimeout, nextTimestamp, toMap

Method Detail

isTransactionAware

boolean isTransactionAware()

Is the underlying cache implementation aware of (and "participating in") ongoing JTA transactions?

Regions which report that they are transaction-aware are considered "synchronous", in that we assume we can immediately (i.e. synchronously) write the changes to the cache and that the cache will properly manage application of the written changes within the bounds of ongoing JTA transactions. Conversely, regions reporting false are considered "asynchronous", where it is assumed that changes must be manually delayed by Hibernate until we are certain that the current transaction is successful (i.e. maintaining READ_COMMITTED isolation).

Returns:

True if transaction aware; false otherwise.

getCacheDataDescription

CacheDataDescription getCacheDataDescription()

Get the description of the type of data to be stored here, which would have been given to the RegionFactory when creating this region

Returns:

The data descriptor.