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Interface JournalFactory

public interface JournalFactory

Interface for a journal factory. A journal factory is used to open journals for the purpose of transactional recovery. The journal factory is an external service that is associated with a transaction domain using the domain configuration file.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Assaf Arkin

Method Summary

Journal

openJournal(java.lang.String name) Opens a new journal with the specified name.

Method Detail

openJournal

public Journal openJournal(java.lang.String name)
                    throws javax.transaction.SystemException

Opens a new journal with the specified name. The journal name is always the transaction domain name.

The journal name is not guaranteed to be a valid name. The journal name must map to the same journal across server restarts.

Parameters:

name - The journal name

Throws:

javax.transaction.SystemException - An error occured while attempting to open the journal