Re: [jBoss-Dev] Transactions, please!

[Rickard �berg]

Hi!

Tommy Hellstr�m wrote:
> 
> Marc and Richard,
> 
> I have to agree that some time has passed since I was reading the relevant
> specs, but...
> 
> JTS. Isn't JTS required in a J2EE implementation? 

Nope.

> Isn't JTS required to be able
> to communicate with other's TM's?

Only if they are from another vendor and that other vendor uses JTS.

> I wouldn't say that writing a completly new TM is "no biggie" when it comes to
> distributed 2PC with failure handling and so on.

Most of the tricky stuff is handled by the XAResources. Creating a TM is
mostly about pushing the right buttons at the proper times. Takes some
thinking but isn't exactly rocket science. The specs are very clear and
have good examples.

/Rickard

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