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+---
+title: How Geode Cache Transactions Work
+---
+<a id="topic_fls_1j1_wk"></a>
+
+
+This section provides an explanation of how transactions work on Geode caches.
+
+All the regions in a Geode member cache can participate in a transaction. A 
Java application can operate on the cache using multiple transactions. A 
transaction is associated with only one thread, and a thread can operate on 
only one transaction at a time. Child threads do not inherit existing 
transactions.
+
+-   **[Transaction 
View](../../developing/transactions/how_cache_transactions_work.html#concept_hls_1j1_wk)**
+
+-   **[Committing 
Transactions](../../developing/transactions/how_cache_transactions_work.html#concept_sbj_lj1_wk)**
+
+-   **[Transactions by Region 
Type](../../developing/transactions/cache_transactions_by_region_type.html#topic_nlq_sk1_wk)**
+
+-   **[Client 
Transactions](../../developing/transactions/client_server_transactions.html)**
+
+-   **[Comparing Transactional and Non-Transactional 
Operations](../../developing/transactions/transactional_and_nontransactional_ops.html#transactional_and_nontransactional_ops)**
+
+-   **[Geode Cache Transaction 
Semantics](../../developing/transactions/transaction_semantics.html)**
+
+## Transaction View
+
+A transaction is isolated from changes made concurrently to the cache. Each 
transaction has its own private view of the cache, including the entries it has 
read and the changes it has made. The first time the transaction touches an 
entry in the cache, either to read or write, it produces a snapshot of that 
entry’s state in the transaction’s view. The transaction maintains its 
current view of the entry, which reflects only the changes made within the 
transaction. The transaction remembers the entry’s original state and uses it 
at commit time to discover write conflicts.
+
+<img src="../../images/Transaction-simple.png" 
id="concept_hls_1j1_wk__image_D21EF847CD1D4B64AD1786033FB44F5C" class="image" />
+
+## Committing Transactions
+
+When a commit succeeds, the changes recorded in the transaction view are 
merged into the cache. If the commit fails or the transaction is rolled back, 
all of its changes are dropped.
+
+When a transaction is committed, the transaction management system uses a 
two-phase commit protocol:
+
+1.  Reserves all the entries involved in the transaction from changes by any 
other transactional thread. For distributed regions, it reserves the entries in 
the entire distributed system. For partitioned regions, it reserves them on the 
data store, where the transaction is running.
+2.  Checks the cache for conflicts on affected keys, to make sure all entries 
are still in the same state they were in when this transaction first accessed 
them.
+3.  If any conflict is detected, the manager rolls back the transaction.
+4.  If no conflict is detected, the manager:
+    1.  Calls the `TransactionWriter` in the member where the transaction is 
running. This allows the system to write through transactional updates to an 
external data source.
+    2.  Updates the local cache and distributes the updates to the other 
members holding the data. Cache listeners are called for these updates, in each 
cache where the changes are made, the same as for non-transactional operations.
+    3.  Calls the `TransactionListener`s in the member where the transaction 
is running.
+
+5.  Releases the transaction reservations on the entries.
+
+The manager updates the local cache and distributes the updates to other 
members in a non-atomic way.
+
+-   If other threads read the keys the transaction is modifying, they may see 
some in their pre-transaction state and some in their post-transaction state.
+-   If other, non-transactional sources update the keys the transaction is 
modifying, the changes may intermingle with this transaction’s changes. The 
other sources can include distributions from remote members, loading 
activities, and other direct cache modification calls from the same member. 
When this happens, after your commit finishes, the cache state may not be what 
you expected.
+
+If the transaction fails to complete any of the steps, a 
CommitConflictException is thrown to the calling application.
+
+Once the members involved in the transaction have been asked to commit, the 
transaction completes even if one of the participating members were to leave 
the system during the commit. The transaction completes successfully so long as 
all remaining members are in agreement.
+
+Each member participating in the transaction maintains a membership listener 
on the transaction coordinator. If the transaction coordinator goes away after 
issuing the final commit call, the transaction completes in the remaining 
members.
+
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+title:  JCA Resource Adapter Example
+---
+
+This example shows how to use the JCA Resource Adapter in Geode .
+
+``` pre
+Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
+env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, 
“weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory”);
+env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, “t3://localhost:7001”);
+Context ctx = new InitialContext(env);
+UserTransaction utx = (UserTransaction) 
ctx.lookup(“javax.transaction.UserTransaction”);
+utx.begin();
+      // the XA Resource
+javax.sql.DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup(“derby”);
+javax.sql.Connection derbyConn = ds.getConnection();
+Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+stmt.executeUpdate(“insert into test values(2,4) “);
+     // do ConnectionFactory lookup
+GFConnectionFactory cf = (GFConnectionFactory) ctx.lookup(“gfe/jca”);
+
+     // Obtaining the connection begins the LocalTransaction.
+     // If this is absent, operations will not be part of any transaction.
+GFConnection conn = cf.getConnection();
+
+testRegion.put(“foo”, “bar-”);
+utx.commit();
+
+     // the connection can also be closed within the transaction
+derbyConn.close();
+conn.close();
+```
+
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+---
+title:  Monitoring and Troubleshooting Transactions
+---
+
+This topic covers errors that may occur when running transactions in Geode.
+
+<a 
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+Unlike database transactions, Geode does not write a transaction log to disk. 
To get the full details about committed operations, use a transaction listener 
to monitor the transaction events and their contained cache events for each of 
your transactions.
+
+## <a 
id="monitor_troubleshoot_transactions__section_2B66338C851A4FF386B60CC5CF4DCF77"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Statistics on Cache Transactions
+
+During the operation of Geode cache transactions, if statistics are enabled, 
transaction-related statistics are calculated and accessible from the 
CachePerfStats statistic resource. Because the transaction’s data scope is 
the cache, these statistics are collected on a per-cache basis.
+
+## <a 
id="monitor_troubleshoot_transactions__section_EA9277E6CFD7423F95BA4D04955FDE2A"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Commit
+
+In a failed commit, the exception lists the first conflict that caused the 
failure. Other conflicts can exist, but are not reported.
+
+## Capacity Limits
+
+A transaction can create data beyond the capacity limit set in the region’s 
eviction attributes. The capacity limit does not take effect until commit time. 
Then, any required eviction action takes place as part of the commit.
+
+## <a 
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 class="no-quick-link"></a>Interaction with the Resource Manager
+
+The Geode resource manager, which controls overall heap use, either allows all 
transactional operations or blocks the entire transaction. If a cache reaches 
the critical threshold in the middle of a commit, the commit is allowed to 
finish before the manager starts blocking operations.
+
+## <a 
id="monitor_troubleshoot_transactions__section_8942ABA6F23C4ED58877C894B13F4F21"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Transaction Exceptions
+
+The following sections list possible transaction exceptions.
+
+**Exceptions Indicating Transaction Failure**
+
+-   **`TransactionDataNodeHasDepartedException`**. This exception means the 
transaction host has departed unexpectedly. Clients and members that run 
transactions but are not a transaction host can get this exception. You can 
avoid this by working to ensure your transaction hosts are stable and remain 
running when transactions are in progress.
+-   **`TransactionDataNotColocatedException`**. You will get this error if you 
try to run a transaction on data that is not all located in the same member. 
Partition your data so that a single member contains all data that will be 
accessed as part of a single transaction. See [Transactions and Partitioned 
Regions](cache_transactions_by_region_type.html#concept_ysk_xj1_wk) and 
[Understanding Custom Partitioning and Data 
Colocation](../partitioned_regions/custom_partitioning_and_data_colocation.html#custom_partitioning_and_data_colocation).
+-   **`TransactionDataRebalancedException`**. You get this error if your 
transactional data is moved to another member for rebalancing during the 
transaction. Manage your partitioned region data to avoid rebalancing during a 
transaction. See [Rebalancing Partitioned Region 
Data](../partitioned_regions/rebalancing_pr_data.html#rebalancing_pr_data).
+
+**Exceptions Indicating Unknown Transaction Outcome**
+
+-   **`TransactionInDoubtException`**. Some of the transactional operations 
may have succeeded and some may have failed. This can happen to clients and to 
any member running a transaction on another data host. To manage this, you may 
want to install cache listeners in the members running the transaction code. 
Use the listeners to monitor and record the changes you receive from your 
transactions so you can recover as needed if you get this exception.
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+title: How to Run a Geode Cache Transaction
+---
+<a id="task_f15_mr3_5k"></a>
+
+
+This topic describes how to run a Geode cache transaction.
+
+Applications manage transactions on a per-cache basis. A Geode cache 
transaction starts with a `CacheTransactionManager.begin` method and continues 
with a series of operations, which are typically region operations such as 
region create, update, clear and destroy. The begin, commit, and rollback are 
directly controlled by the application. A commit, failed commit, or voluntary 
rollback by the transaction manager ends the transaction.
+
+You can run transactions on any type of cache region except regions with 
**global** scope. An operation attempted on a region with global scope throws 
an `UnsupportedOperationException` exception.
+
+A transaction may not be nested within another transaction. An attempt to 
begin a nested transaction will throw an `IllegalStateException` exception.
+
+This discussion centers on transactions on replicated and partitioned regions. 
If you use non-replicated distributed regions, follow the guidelines for 
replicated regions.
+
+1. **Configure the cache copy-on-read behavior in the members hosting the 
transactional data, or perform cache updates that avoid in-place changes.** 
This allows the transaction manager to control when cache updates are visible 
outside the transaction. See [Setting Global Copy on 
Read](working_with_transactions.html#concept_vx2_gs4_5k).
+2. **Configure your regions for transactions in the members hosting the 
transactional data.**
+
+    | If you use...                                                            
                   | then you should...                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   |
+    
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+    | **replicated regions**                                                   
                   | Use `distributed-ack` scope. The region shortcuts 
specifying `REPLICATE` use `distributed-ack` scope. This is particularly 
important if you have more than one data producer. With one data producer, you 
can safely use `distributed-no-ack`.                                            
                                                                                
                                            |
+    | **partitioned regions**                                                  
                   | Custom partition and colocate data among regions so all 
the data for any single transaction is hosted by a single member. If the 
transaction is run from a member other than the one hosting the data, the 
transaction will run by proxy in the member hosting the data. The partitioned 
region must be defined for the application that runs the transaction, but the 
data can be hosted in a remote member. |
+    | **persistent regions**                                                   
                   | Configure Geode to allow transactions on persistent 
regions. By default, the configuration does not allow transactions on 
persistent regions. Enable the use of transactions on persistent regions by 
setting the property `gemfire.ALLOW_PERSISTENT_TRANSACTIONS` to true.           
                                                                                
   |
+    | **a mix of partitioned and replicated regions**                          
                   | Make sure any replicated region involved in the 
transaction is hosted on every member that hosts the partitioned region data. 
All data for a single transaction must reside within a single host.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                |
+    | **delta propagation**                                                    
                   | Set the region attribute `cloning-enabled` to true. This 
lets Geode do conflict checks at commit time. Without this, the transaction 
will throw an `UnsupportedOperationInTransactionException ` exception.          
                                                                                
                                                                            |
+    | **global JTA transactions with only Geode cache transactions** | Set the 
region attribute `ignore-jta` to true for all regions that you do *not* want to 
participate in JTA global transactions. It is false by default. For 
instructions on how to run a JTA global transaction, see [JTA Global 
Transactions with Geode](JTA_transactions.html).   |
+
+3. **Update your cache event handler and transaction event handler 
implementations to handle your transactions.** 
+    Cache event handlers may be used with transactions. Cache listeners are 
called after the commit, instead of after each cache operation, and the cache 
listeners receive conflated transaction events. Cache writers and loaders are 
called as usual, at the time of the operation.
+
+    Follow these additional guidelines when writing cache event handler 
callbacks:
+    -   Make sure cache callbacks are transactionally aware, because a 
transactional operation could launch callbacks that are not transactional.
+    -   Make sure cache listeners will operate properly, given entry event 
conflation. Two events for the same key are conflated by removing the existing 
event and queuing the new event.
+
+    See [Using Cache Writer and Cache Listener 
Plug-Ins](working_with_transactions.html#concept_ysx_nf1_wk) for more 
information.
+
+    Transaction event handlers are available. Transaction event handlers are 
cache-wide. You can install one transaction writer and any number of 
transaction listeners. Follow these guidelines:
+<ul>
+    <li>Implement with synchronization for thread safety. Listener and writer 
handlers may be invoked at the same time by different threads for different 
transactions.</li>
+    <li>Keep transactional callback implementations lightweight, and avoid 
doing anything that might cause the callbacks to block.</li>
+</ul>
+    See [Configuring Transaction Plug-In Event 
Handlers](working_with_transactions.html#concept_ocw_vf1_wk) for more 
information.
+
+4. **Write the transaction code.** For example: 
+
+    ``` pre
+    CacheTransactionManager txManager =
+              cache.getCacheTransactionManager();
+
+    try {
+        txManager.begin();
+        // ... do work
+        txManager.commit();
+    } catch (CommitConflictException conflict) {
+        // ... do necessary work for a transaction that failed on commit
+    }
+    ```
+
+    Follow these guidelines when writing the transaction:
+    -   Start each transaction with a begin operation.
+    -   Consider whether you will want to suspend and resume the transaction. 
If some operations should not be part of the transaction, you may want to 
suspend the transaction while performing non-transactional operations. After 
the non-transactional operations are complete, you can resume the transaction. 
See [Basic Suspend and Resume Transaction 
Example](transaction_suspend_resume_example.html#concept_40AAC4332DCE4E4EB60C4BA141B729A4)
 for an example.
+    -   If your transaction operates on a mix of partitioned and replicated 
regions, do the first region operation on an entry of the partitioned region. 
This sets the host for the entire transaction.
+    -   If you did not configure copy-on-read to true, be sure all cache 
updates avoid in-place changes.
+    -   Take into account the behavior of transactional and non-transactional 
operations. All transactional operations that are run after the begin and 
before the commit or rollback are included in the transaction.
+    -   End each transaction with a commit or a rollback. Do not leave any 
transaction in an uncommitted or unrolled back state. Transactions do not time 
out, so they will remain for the life of the application.
+
+5. **Review all of your code for compatibility with transactions.** 
+    When you commit a transaction, while the commit is in process, the changes 
are visible in the distributed cache. This provides better performance than 
locking everything involved with the transaction updates, but it means that 
another process accessing data used in the transaction might get some data in 
the pre-transaction state and some in the post-transaction state.
+
+    For example, suppose keys 1 and 2 are modified within a transaction, such 
that both values change from A to B. In another thread, it is possible to read 
key 1 with value B and key 2 with value A, after the commit begins, but before 
the commit completes. This is possible due to the nature of Geode reads. This 
choice sacrifices atomic visibility in favor of performance; reads do not block 
writes, and writes do not block reads.
+
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+title:  How to Run a Geode Cache Transaction that Coordinates with an External 
Database
+---
+
+Coordinate a Geode cache transaction with an external database by using 
CacheWriter/CacheListener and TransactionWriter/TransactionListener plug-ins, 
**to provide an alternative to using JTA transactions**.
+
+There are a few things you should be careful about while working with Geode 
cache transactions and external databases:
+
+-   When you set up the JDBC connection, make sure that auto-commit is 
disabled. For example, in Java:
+
+    ``` pre
+    Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
+        Connection con = ... // create the connection
+        con.setAutoCommit(false);
+        return con;
+    }
+    ```
+
+-   The BEGIN statement, database operations and the PREPARE statement must 
all happen in the same connection session. In order to accomplish this, you 
will need to obtain the same JDBC connection session across multiple 
CacheWriter and TransactionWriter/TransactionListener invocations. One way to 
do this would be to look up the connection (from a user managed Map) based on 
`cacheTransactionManager.getTransactionId()`.
+-   Make sure that the prepare transaction feature is enabled in your external 
database. It is disabled in PostgreSQL by default. In PostgreSQL, the following 
property must be modified to enable it:
+
+    ``` pre
+    max_prepared_transactions = 1 # 1 or more enables, zero (default) disables 
this feature.
+    ```
+
+Use the following procedure to write a Geode cache transaction that 
coordinates with an external database:
+
+1.  Configure Geode regions as necessary as described in [How to Run a Geode 
Cache Transaction](run_a_cache_transaction.html#task_f15_mr3_5k).
+2.  Begin the transaction.
+3.  If you have not previously committed a previous transaction in this 
connection, start a database transaction by issuing a BEGIN statement.
+4.  Perform Geode cache operations; each cache operation invokes the 
CacheWriter. Implement the CacheWriter to perform the corresponding external 
database operations.
+5.  Commit the transaction.
+    At this point, the TransactionWriter is invoked. The TransactionWriter 
returns a TransactionEvent, which contains all the operations in the 
transaction. Call PREPARE TRANSACTION within your TransactionWriter code.
+
+6.  After a transaction is successfully committed in Geode, the 
TransactionListener is invoked. The TransactionListener calls COMMIT PREPARED 
to commit the database transaction.
+
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+title:  Transaction Coding Examples
+---
+
+This section provides several code examples for writing and executing 
transactions.
+
+-   **[Basic Transaction 
Example](../../developing/transactions/transactions_overview.html)**
+
+    This example operates on two replicated regions. It begins a transaction, 
updates one entry in each region, and commits the result.
+
+-   **[Basic Suspend and Resume Transaction 
Example](../../developing/transactions/transaction_suspend_resume_example.html)**
+
+    This example suspends and resumes a transaction.
+
+-   **[Transaction Embedded within a Function 
Example](../../developing/transactions/transactional_function_example.html)**
+
+    This example demonstrates a function that does transactional updates to 
Customer and Order regions.
+
+-   **[Geode JTA Transaction 
Example](../../developing/transactions/transaction_jta_gemfire_example.html)**
+
+    An example code fragment shows how to run a JTA global transaction using 
Geode as the JTA transaction manager.
+
+-   **[JCA Resource Adapter 
Example](../../developing/transactions/jca_adapter_example.html)**
+
+    This example shows how to use the JCA Resource Adapter in Geode .
+
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+title:  How Transaction Events Are Managed
+---
+
+Transactional cache operations are handled somewhat differently inside 
transactions than out.
+
+#  During the Transaction
+
+While the transaction is running, each transactional operation is passed to 
the cache writer local to the transactional view, if one is available. As with 
cache operations outside of transactions, the cache writer can abort the 
operation. Each operation the cache writer allows is applied to the 
transactional view in the cache and appended to the CacheEvent list in the 
TransactionEvent object.
+
+## Event Conflation
+
+The cache events are conflated, so if a key already has an event in the list, 
that event is removed and the current operation is added to the end of the 
list. So this series of calls inside a transaction:
+
+``` pre
+    Region.create (A, W);
+    Region.put (A, valX);
+    Region.put (B, valQ);
+    Region.invalidate (A);
+    Region.put (A, valY);
+```
+
+results in these events stored in the CacheEvent list:
+
+``` pre
+    put (B, valQ)
+    put (A, valY)
+```
+
+# At commit and after commit
+
+When the transaction is committed, Geode passes the `TransactionEvent` to the 
transaction writer local to the transactional view, if one is available. After 
commit, Geode :
+    -   Passes the `TransactionEvent` to each installed transaction listener.
+    -   Walks the `CacheEvent` list, calling all locally installed listeners 
for each operation listed.
+    -   Distributes the `TransactionEvent` to all interested caches.
+        **Note:**
+        For Geode and global JTA transactions, the `EntryEvent` object 
contains the Geode transaction ID. JTA transaction events do not contain the 
JTA transaction ID.
+
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+title:  Geode JTA Transaction Example
+---
+
+An example code fragment shows how to run a JTA global transaction using Geode 
as the JTA transaction manager.
+
+The external data sources used in this transaction are configured in the 
`cache.xml` file. See [Configuring Database Connections Using 
JNDI](configuring_db_connections_using_JNDI.html#topic_A5E3A67C808D48C08E1F0DC167C5C494)
 for a configuration example.
+
+``` pre
+Region r = ...; // the  region data source 
+ds = ...; // other data source    
+
+  try  {     
+         Context ctx = cache.getJNDIContext();      
+         Connection conn =  null;
+         UserTransaction tx = (UserTransaction) 
ctx.lookup("java:/UserTransaction");     
+         tx.begin();
+         conn = ds.getConnection();
+         Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
+         String sqlSTR =  "insert into " + tableName + " values (........ )";
+         stmt.executeUpdate(sqlSTR);   
+         r.put("key", "value");
+         stmt.close();     
+         tx.commit();
+         conn.close();
+   } catch (NamingException e) { 
+         // handle the exception   
+   }
+```
+
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+---
+title:  Geode Cache Transaction Semantics
+---
+
+Geode transaction semantics differ in some ways from the 
Atomicity-Consistency-Isolation-Durability (ACID) semantics of traditional 
relational databases. For performance reasons, Geode transactions do not adhere 
to ACID constraints by default, but can be configured for ACID support as 
described in this section.
+
+## <a id="transaction_semantics__section_8362ACD06C784B5BBB0B7E986F760169" 
class="no-quick-link"></a>Atomicity
+
+Atomicity is “all or nothing” behavior: a transaction completes 
successfully only when all of the operations it contains complete successfully. 
If problems occur during a transaction, perhaps due to other transactions with 
overlapping changes, the transaction cannot successfully complete until the 
problems are resolved.
+
+Geode transactions provide atomicity and realize speed by using a reservation 
system, instead of using the traditional relational database technique of a 
two-phase locking of rows. The reservation prevents other, intersecting 
transactions from completing, allowing the commit to check for conflicts and to 
reserve resources in an all-or-nothing fashion prior to making changes to the 
data. After all changes have been made, locally and remotely, the reservation 
is released. With the reservation system, an intersecting transaction is simply 
discarded. The serialization of obtaining locks is avoided. See [Committing 
Transactions](how_cache_transactions_work.html#concept_sbj_lj1_wk) for details 
on the two-phase commit protocol that implements the reservation system.
+
+## <a id="transaction_semantics__section_7C287DA4A5134780B3199CE074E3F890" 
class="no-quick-link"></a>Consistency
+
+Consistency requires that data written within a transaction must observe the 
key and value constraints established for the affected region. Note that 
validity of the transaction is the responsibility of the application.
+
+## <a id="transaction_semantics__section_126A24EC499D4CF39AE766A0B526A9A5" 
class="no-quick-link"></a>Isolation
+
+Isolation assures that operations will see either the pre-transaction state of 
the system or its post-transaction state, but not the transitional state that 
occurs while a transaction is in progress. Write operations in a transaction 
are always confirmed to ensure that stale values are not written. As a 
distributed cache-based system optimized for performance, Geode in its default 
configuration does not enforce read isolation. Geode transactions support 
repeatable read isolation, so once the committed value is read for a given key, 
it always returns that same value. If a transaction write, such as put or 
invalidate, deletes a value for a key that has already been read, subsequent 
reads return the transactional reference.
+
+In the default configuration, Geode isolates transactions at the process 
thread level, so while a transaction is in progress, its changes are visible 
only inside the thread that is running the transaction. Threads inside the same 
process and in other processes cannot see changes until after the commit 
operation begins. At this point, the changes are visible in the cache, but 
other threads that access the changing data might see only partial results of 
the transaction leading to a dirty read.
+
+If an application requires the slower conventional isolation model (such that 
dirty reads of transitional states are not allowed), read operations must be 
encapsulated within transactions and the `gemfire.detectReadConflicts` 
parameter must be set to ‘true’:
+
+`-Dgemfire.detectReadConflicts=true`
+
+This parameter causes read operations to succeed only when they read a 
consistent pre- or post-transactional state. If not, a 
`CommitConflictException` is thrown to the calling application.
+
+## <a id="transaction_semantics__section_F092E368724945BCBF8E5DCB36B97EB4" 
class="no-quick-link"></a>Durability
+
+Relational databases provide durability by using disk storage for recovery and 
transaction logging. As a distributed cache-based system optimized for 
performance, Geode does not support on-disk or in-memory durability for 
transactions.
+
+Applications can emulate the conventional disk-based durability model by 
setting the `gemfire.ALLOW_PERSISTENT_TRANSACTIONS` parameter to ‘true’.
+
+`-Dgemfire.ALLOW_PERSISTENT_TRANSACTIONS=true`
+
+This allows permanent regions to participate in transactions, thus providing 
disk-based durability. See [Transactions and Persistent 
Regions](cache_transactions_by_region_type.html#concept_omy_341_wk) for more 
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+---
+title:  Basic Suspend and Resume Transaction Example
+---
+
+This example suspends and resumes a transaction.
+
+``` pre
+ CacheTransactionManager txMgr = cache.getCacheTransactionManager();
+
+    txMgr.begin();
+    region.put("key1", "value");
+    TransactionId txId = txMgr.suspend();
+    assert region.containsKey("key1") == false;
+    // do other operations that should not be
+    // part of a transaction
+    txMgr.resume(txId);
+    region.put("key2", "value");
+    txMgr.commit();
+```
+
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+---
+title: Comparing Transactional and Non-Transactional Operations
+---
+
+
+Between the begin operation and the commit or rollback operation are a series 
of ordinary Geode operations. When they are launched from within a transaction, 
the Geode operations can be classified into two types:
+
+-   Transactional operations affect the transactional view
+-   Non-transactional operations do not affect the transactional view
+
+An operation that acts directly on the cache does not usually act on the 
transactional view.
+
+-   **[Transactional Operations](#transactional_operations)**
+
+-   **[Non-Transactional Operations](#non_transactional_operations)**
+
+-   **[Entry Operations](#entry_operations)**
+
+-   **[Region Operations](#region_operations)**
+
+-   **[Cache Operations](#cache_operations)**
+
+-   **[No-Ops](#no-ops)**
+
+## <a id="transactional_operations" class="no-quick-link"></a>Transactional 
Operations
+
+The `CacheTransactionManager` methods are the only ones used specifically for 
cache operations. Otherwise, you use the same methods as usual. Most methods 
that run within a transaction affect the transactional view, and they do not 
change the cache until the transaction commits. Methods that behave this way 
are considered transactional operations. Transactional operations are 
classified in two ways: whether they modify the transactional view or the cache 
itself, and whether they create write conflicts with other transactions.
+
+In general, methods that create, destroy, invalidate, update, or read region 
entries are transactional operations.
+
+Transactional operations that can cause write conflicts are those that modify 
an entry, such as put, a load done to satisfy a get operation, create, delete, 
local delete, invalidate and local invalidate.
+
+Transactional read operations do not cause conflicts directly, but they can 
modify the transactional view. Read operations look for the entry in the 
transaction view first and then, if necessary, go to the cache. If the entry is 
returned by a cache read, it is stored as part of the transactional view. At 
commit time, the transaction uses the initial snapshot of the entry in the view 
to discover write conflicts.
+
+## <a id="non_transactional_operations" 
class="no-quick-link"></a>Non-Transactional Operations
+
+A few methods, when invoked within a transaction, have no effect on the 
transactional view, but they have an immediate effect on the cache. They are 
considered non-transactional operations. Often, non-transactional operations 
are administrative, such as `Region.destroy` and `Region.invalidate`. These 
operations are not supported within a transaction. If you call them, the system 
throws an exception of type `UnsupportedOperationInTransactionException`.
+
+## <a id="entry_operations" class="no-quick-link"></a>Entry Operations
+
+**Note:**
+Transactional entry operations can be rolled back.
+
+| Operations                           | Methods                               
                                                                               
| Transactional                                                                 
  | Write Conflict |
+|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
+| create                               | `Region.create, put, putAll, Map.put, 
putAll`                                                                        
| yes                                                                           
  | yes            |
+| modify                               | `Region.put, putAll, Map.put, putAll, 
Region.Entry.setValue,                                     Map.Entry.setValue` 
| yes                                                                           
  | yes            |
+| load                                 | `Region.get, Map.get`                 
                                                                               
| yes                                                                           
  | yes            |
+| creation or update using `netSearch` | `Region.get, Map.get`                 
                                                                               
| yes                                                                           
  | no             |
+| destroy: local and distributed       | `Region.localDestroy, destroy, 
remove, Map.remove`                                                             
      | yes                                                                     
        | yes            |
+| invalidate: local and distributed    | `Region.localInvalidate, invalidate`  
                                                                               
| yes                                                                           
  | yes            |
+| set user attribute                   | `Region.Entry.setUserAttribute`       
                                                                               
| yes                                                                           
  | yes            |
+| read of a single entry               | `Region.get, getEntry, containsKey, 
containsValue,                                     containsValueForKey`         
 | yes                                                                          
   | no             |
+| read of a collection of entries      | `Region.keySet, entrySet, values`     
                                                                               
| Becomes transactional when you access the keys or values within the 
collection. | no             |
+
+Some transactional write operations also do a read before they write, and 
these can complete a transactional read even when the write fails. The 
following table of entry operations notes the conditions under which this can 
happen.
+
+**Note:**
+These operations can add a snapshot of an entry to the transaction’s view 
even when the write operation does not succeed.
+
+| Operations                        | Methods                              | 
Reads Without Writing                                                     |
+|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| create                            | `Region.create`                      | 
when it throws an `EntryExistsException`                                  |
+| destroy: local and distributed    | `Region.localDestroy, destroy`       | 
when it throws an `EntryNotFoundException`                                |
+| invalidate: local and distributed | `Region.localInvalidate, invalidate` | 
when it throws an `EntryNotFoundException`or the entry is already invalid |
+
+## <a id="region_operations" class="no-quick-link"></a>Region Operations
+
+When you create a region in a transaction, any data from the getInitialImage 
operation goes directly into the cache, rather than waiting for the transaction 
to commit.
+
+| Operations                        | Methods                                  
        | Affected              | Write Conflict |
+|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
+| destroy: local and distributed    | `Region.localDestroyRegion, 
destroyRegion`       | cache                 | yes            |
+| invalidate: local and distributed | `Region.localInvalidateRegion, 
invalidateRegion` | cache                 | yes            |
+| clear: local and distributed      | `Region.localClear, clear, Map.clear`    
        | cache and transaction | no             |
+| close                             | `Region.close`                           
        | cache                 | yes            |
+| mutate attribute                  | `Region.getAttributesMutator` methods    
        | cache                 | no             |
+| set user attribute                | `Region.setUserAttribute`                
        | cache                 | no             |
+
+## <a id="cache_operations" class="no-quick-link"></a>Cache Operations
+
+When you create a region in a transaction, any data from the getInitialImage 
operation goes directly into the cache, rather than waiting for the transaction 
to commit.
+
+| Operations | Methods                          | Affected State | Write 
Conflict |
+|------------|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
+| create     | `createRegionFactory().create()` | committed      | no          
   |
+| close      | `close`                          | committed      | yes         
   |
+
+## <a id="no-ops" class="no-quick-link"></a>No-Ops
+
+Any operation that has no effect in a non-transactional context remains a 
no-op in a transactional context. For example, if you do two `localInvalidate` 
operations in a row on the same region, the second `localInvalidate` is a 
no-op. No-op operations do not:
+
+-   Cause a listener invocation
+-   Cause a distribution message to be sent to other members
+-   Cause a change to an entry
+-   Cause any conflict
+
+A no-op can do a transactional read.
+
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+title:  Transaction Embedded within a Function Example
+---
+
+This example demonstrates a function that does transactional updates to 
Customer and Order regions.
+
+<a 
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+
+``` pre
+/**
+ * This function does transactional updates to customer and order regions
+ */
+public class TransactionalFunction extends FunctionAdapter {
+
+  private Random random = new Random();
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see 
org.apache.geode.cache.execute.FunctionAdapter#execute(org.apache.geode.cache.execute.FunctionContext)
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void execute(FunctionContext context) {
+    RegionFunctionContext rfc = (RegionFunctionContext)context;
+    Region<CustomerId, String> custRegion = rfc.getDataSet();
+    Region<OrderId, String> 
+        orderRegion = custRegion.getRegionService().getRegion("order");
+
+    CacheTransactionManager 
+        mgr = CacheFactory.getAnyInstance().getCacheTransactionManager();
+    CustomerId custToUpdate = (CustomerId)rfc.getFilter().iterator().next();
+    OrderId orderToUpdate = (OrderId)rfc.getArguments();
+    System.out.println("Starting a transaction...");
+    mgr.begin();
+    int randomInt = random.nextInt(1000);
+    System.out.println("for customer region updating "+custToUpdate);
+    custRegion.put(custToUpdate, 
+        "updatedCustomer_"+custToUpdate.getCustId()+"_"+randomInt);
+    System.out.println("for order region updating "+orderToUpdate);
+    orderRegion.put(orderToUpdate, 
+        "newOrder_"+orderToUpdate.getOrderId()+"_"+randomInt);
+    mgr.commit();
+    System.out.println("transaction completed");
+    context.getResultSender().lastResult(Boolean.TRUE);
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see org.apache.geode.cache.execute.FunctionAdapter#getId()
+   */
+  @Override
+  public String getId() {
+    return "TxFunction";
+  }
+
+}
+```
+
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+---
+title:  Basic Transaction Example
+---
+
+This example operates on two replicated regions. It begins a transaction, 
updates one entry in each region, and commits the result.
+
+<a 
id="concept_F8D96C21C8444F99B47909CDEB86E60A__section_B6818C348224456387DEC5C9D3B5F250"></a>
+If the commit fails, it will be due to a `CommitConflictException`, which 
implies that a concurrent access caused a change to one of the items operated 
on within this transaction. This code fragment catches the exception, and it 
repeats the transaction attempt until the commit succeeds.
+
+``` pre
+Cache c = new CacheFactory().create();
+
+Region<String, Integer> cash = c.createRegionFactory<String, Integer>()
+    .setDataPolicy(DataPolicy.REPLICATE)
+    .create("cash");
+
+Region<String, Integer> trades = c.createRegionFactory<String, Integer>()
+    .setDataPolicy(DataPolicy.REPLICATE)
+    .create("trades");
+
+CacheTransactionManager txmgr = c.getCacheTransactionManager();
+boolean commitConflict = false;
+do {
+    try {
+        txmgr.begin();
+        final String customer = "Customer1";
+        final Integer purchase = Integer.valueOf(1000);
+        // Decrement cash
+        Integer cashBalance = cash.get(customer);
+        Integer newBalance = 
+            Integer.valueOf((cashBalance != null ? cashBalance : 0) 
+                - purchase);
+        cash.put(customer, newBalance);
+        // Increment trades
+        Integer tradeBalance = trades.get(customer);
+        newBalance = 
+            Integer.valueOf((tradeBalance != null ? tradeBalance : 0) 
+                + purchase);
+
+        trades.put(customer, newBalance);
+        txmgr.commit();
+        commitConflict = false;
+    } 
+    catch (CommitConflictException conflict) {
+        commitConflict = true;
+    }
+} while (commitConflict);
+```
+
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+title:  Turning Off JTA Transactions
+---
+
+You can configure regions to not participate in any JTA global transaction.
+
+The `ignore-jta` region attribute is a boolean that tells the cache to ignore 
any in-progress JTA transactions when performing cache operations. It is 
primarily used for cache loaders, cache writers, and cache listeners that need 
to perform non-transactional operations on a region, such as caching a result 
set. It is set per region, so some regions can participate in JTA transactions, 
while others avoid participating in them. This example sets the `ignore-jta` 
region attribute in the `cache.xml` file.
+
+cache.xml:
+
+``` pre
+<region name="bridge_region">
+   <region-attributes scope="local" ignore-jta="true" 
statistics-enabled="true"/> 
+       <cache-writer> . . . </cache-writer>
+    </region-attributes> 
+</region>
+```
+
+API:
+
+Using the API, you can turn off JTA transactions using `RegionFactory` and its 
method `setIgnoreJTA(boolean)`. The current setting for a region can be fetched 
from a region's `RegionAttributes` by using the `getIgnoreJTA` method.
+
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+---
+title: Working with Geode Cache Transactions
+---
+<a id="topic_tx2_gs4_5k"></a>
+
+
+This section contains guidelines and additional information on working with 
Geode and its cache transactions.
+
+-   **[Setting Global Copy on Read](#concept_vx2_gs4_5k)**
+
+-   **[Making a Safe Change Within a Transaction Using 
CopyHelper.copy](#concept_fdr_wht_vk)**
+
+-   **[Transactions and Functions](#concept_ihn_zmt_vk)**
+
+-   **[Using Queries and Indexes with Transactions](#concept_ty1_vnt_vk)**
+
+-   **[Collections and Region.Entry Instances in 
Transactions](#concept_ksh_twz_vk)**
+
+-   **[Using Eviction and Expiration Operations](#concept_vyt_txz_vk)**
+
+-   **[Transactions and Consistent Regions](#transactions_and_consistency)**
+
+-   **[Suspending and Resuming Transactions](#concept_u5b_ryz_vk)**
+
+-   **[Using Cache Writer and Cache Listener Plug-Ins](#concept_ysx_nf1_wk)**
+
+-   **[Configuring Transaction Plug-In Event Handlers](#concept_ocw_vf1_wk)**
+
+-   **[How Transaction Events Are Managed](transaction_event_management.html)**
+
+## <a id="concept_vx2_gs4_5k" class="no-quick-link"></a>Setting Global Copy on 
Read
+
+As many entry operations return a reference to the cache entry, copy-on-read 
avoids problems within a transaction setting. To enable global copy-on-read for 
all reads, modify the `cache.xml` file or use the corresponding Java API call.
+
+Using cache.xml:
+
+``` pre
+<cache lock-lease="120" lock-timeout="60" search-timeout="300" 
copy-on-read="true">
+```
+
+API:
+
+``` pre
+Cache c = CacheFactory.getInstance(system);
+ c.setCopyOnRead(true);
+```
+
+The copy-on-read attribute and the operations affected by the attribute 
setting are discussed in detail in [Managing Data 
Entries](../../basic_config/data_entries_custom_classes/managing_data_entries.html).
+
+## Making a Safe Change Within a Transaction Using CopyHelper.copy
+
+If `copy-on-read` is *not* globally set, and the cache uses replicated 
regions, explicitly make copies of the cache objects that are to be modified 
within a transaction. The `CopyHelper.copy` method makes copies:
+
+``` pre
+CacheTransactionManager cTxMgr = cache.getCacheTransactionManager();
+cTxMgr.begin(); 
+Object o = (StringBuffer) r.get("stringBuf");
+StringBuffer s = (StringBuffer) CopyHelper.copy(o);
+s.append("Changes unseen before commit. Read Committed."); 
+r.put("stringBuf", s); 
+cTxMgr.commit();
+```
+
+## Transactions and Functions
+
+You can run a function from inside a transaction and you can nest a 
transaction within a function, as long as your combination of functions and 
transactions does not result in nested transactions. See [Function 
Execution](../function_exec/chapter_overview.html) for more about functions.
+
+A single transaction may contain multiple functions.
+
+If you are suspending and resuming a transaction with multiple function calls, 
all functions in the transaction must execute on the same member.
+
+See [Transaction Embedded within a Function 
Example](transactional_function_example.html#concept_22331B3DBFAB4C0BA95EF103BFB71257)
 for an example.
+
+## Using Queries and Indexes with Transactions
+
+Queries and indexes reflect the cache contents and ignore the changes made by 
ongoing transactions. If you do a query from inside a transaction, the query 
does not reflect the changes made inside that transaction.
+
+## Collections and Region.Entry Instances in Transactions
+
+Collections and region entries used in a transaction must be created inside 
the transaction. After the transaction has completed, the application can no 
longer use any region entry or collection or associated iterator created within 
the transaction. An attempted use outside of the transaction will throw an 
`IllegalStateException` exception.
+
+Region collection operations include `Region.keySet`, `Region.entrySet`, and 
`Region.values`. You can create instances of `Region.Entry` through the 
`Region.getEntry` operation or by looking at the contents of the result 
returned by a `Region.entrySet` operation.
+
+## Using Eviction and Expiration Operations
+
+Entry expiration and LRU eviction affect the committed state. They are not 
part of a transaction, and therefore they cannot be rolled back.
+
+## About Eviction
+
+LRU eviction operations do not cause write conflicts with existing 
transactions, despite destroying or invalidating entries. LRU eviction is 
deferred on entries modified by the transaction until the commit completes. 
Because anything touched by the transaction has had its LRU clock reset, 
eviction of those entries is not likely to happen immediately after the commit.
+
+When a transaction commits its changes in a region with distributed scope, the 
operation can invoke eviction controllers in the remote caches, as well as in 
the local cache.
+
+## Configure Expiration
+
+Local expiration actions do not cause write conflicts, but distributed 
expiration can cause conflicts and prevent transactions from committing in the 
members receiving the distributed operation.
+
+-   When you are using transactions on local, preloaded or empty regions, make 
expiration local if possible. For every instance of that region, configure an 
expiration action of local invalidate or local destroy. In a cache.xml 
declaration, use a line similar to this:
+
+    ``` pre
+    <expiration-attributes timeout="60" action="local-invalidate" />
+    ```
+
+    In regions modified by a transaction, local expiration is suspended. 
Expiration operations are batched and deferred per region until the transaction 
completes. Once cleanup starts, the manager processes pending expirations. 
Transactions that need to change the region wait until the expirations are 
complete.
+
+-   With partitioned and replicated regions, you cannot use local expiration. 
When you are using distributed expiration, the expiration is not suspended 
during a transaction, and expiration operations distributed from another member 
can cause write conflicts. In replicated regions, you can avoid conflicts by 
setting up your distributed system this way:
+    -   Choose an instance of the region to drive region-wide expiration. Use 
a replicated region, if there is one.
+    -   Configure distributed expiration only in that region instance. The 
expiration action must be either invalidate or destroy. In a `cache.xml` file 
declaration, use a line similar to this:
+
+        ``` pre
+        <expiration-attributes timeout="300" action="destroy" />
+        ```
+
+    -   Run the transactions from the member in which expiration is configured.
+
+## Transactions and Consistent Regions
+
+A transaction that modifies a region in which consistency checking is enabled 
generates all necessary version information for region updates when the 
transaction commits.
+
+If a transaction modifies a normal, preloaded or empty region, the transaction 
is first delegated to a Geode member that holds a replicate for the region. 
This behavior is similar to the transactional behavior for partitioned regions, 
where the partitioned region transaction is forwarded to a member that hosts 
the primary for the partitioned region update.
+
+The limitation for transactions with a normal, preloaded or empty region is 
that, when consistency checking is enabled, a transaction cannot perform a 
`localDestroy` or `localInvalidate` operation against the region. Geode throws 
an `UnsupportedOperationInTransactionException` exception in such cases. An 
application should use a `Destroy` or `Invalidate` operation in place of a 
`localDestroy` or `localInvalidate` when consistency checks are enabled.
+
+## Suspending and Resuming Transactions
+
+The Geode `CacheTransactionManager` API provides the ability to suspend and 
resume transactions with the `suspend` and `resume` methods. The ability to 
suspend and resume is useful when a thread must perform some operations that 
should not be part of the transaction before the transaction can complete. A 
complex use case of suspend and resume implements a transaction that spans 
clients in which only one client at a time will not be suspended.
+
+Once a transaction is suspended, it loses the transactional view of the cache. 
None of the operations done within the transaction are visible to the thread. 
Any operations that are performed by the thread while the transaction is 
suspended are not part of the transaction.
+
+When a transaction is resumed, the resuming thread assumes the transactional 
view. A transaction that is suspended on a member must be resumed on the same 
member.
+
+Before resuming a transaction, you may want to check if the transaction exists 
on the member and whether it is suspended. The `tryResume` method implements 
this check and resume as an atomic step.
+
+If the member with the primary copy of the data crashes, the transactional 
view associated with that data is lost. The secondary member for the data will 
not be able to resume any transactions suspended on the crashed member. You 
will need to take remedial steps to retry the transaction on a new primary copy 
of the data.
+
+If a suspended transaction is not touched for a period of time, Geode cleans 
it up automatically. By default, the timeout for a suspended transaction is 30 
minutes and can be configured using the system property 
`gemfire.suspendedtxTimeout`. For example, `gemfire.suspendedtxTimeout=60` 
specifies a timeout of 60 minutes.
+
+See [Basic Suspend and Resume Transaction 
Example](transaction_suspend_resume_example.html) for a sample code fragment 
that suspends and resumes a transaction.
+
+## Using Cache Writer and Cache Listener Plug-Ins
+
+All standard Geode application plug-ins work with transactions. In addition, 
the transaction interface offers specialized plug-ins that support 
transactional operation.
+
+No direct interaction exists between client transactions and client 
application plug-ins. When a client runs a transaction, Geode calls the 
plug-ins that are installed on the transaction's server delegate and its server 
host. Client application plug-ins are not called for operations inside the 
transaction or for the transaction as a whole. When the transaction is 
committed, the changes to the server cache are sent to the client cache 
according to client interest registration. These events can result in calls to 
the client's `CacheListener`s, as with any other events received from the 
server.
+
+The `EntryEvent` that a callback receives has a unique Geode transaction ID, 
so the cache listener can associate each event, as it occurs, with a particular 
transaction. The transaction ID of an `EntryEvent` that is not part of a 
transaction is null to distinguish it from a transaction ID.
+
+-   `CacheLoader`. When a cache loader is called by a transaction operation, 
values loaded by the cache loader may cause a write conflict when the 
transaction commits.
+-   `CacheWriter`. During a transaction, if a cache writer exists, its methods 
are invoked as usual for all operations, as the operations are called in the 
transactions. The `netWrite` operation is not used. The only cache writer used 
is the one in the member where the transactional data resides.
+-   `CacheListener`. The cache listener callbacks - local and remote - are 
triggered after the transaction commits. The system sends the conflated 
transaction events, in the order they were stored.
+
+For more information on writing cache event handlers, see [Implementing Cache 
Event Handlers](../events/implementing_cache_event_handlers.html).
+
+## <a id="concept_ocw_vf1_wk" class="no-quick-link"></a>Configuring 
Transaction Plug-In Event Handlers
+
+Geode has two types of transaction plug-ins: Transaction Writers and 
Transaction Listeners. You can optionally install one transaction writer and 
one or more transaction listeners per cache.
+
+Like JTA global transactions, you can use transaction plug-in event handlers 
to coordinate Geode cache transaction activity with an external data store. 
However, you typically use JTA global transactions when Geode is running as a 
peer data store with your external data stores. Transaction writers and 
listeners are typically used when Geode is acting as a front end cache to your 
backend database.
+
+**Note:**
+You can also use transaction plug-in event handlers when running JTA global 
transactions.
+
+## TransactionWriter
+
+When you commit a transaction, if a transaction writer is installed in the 
cache where the data updates were performed, it is called. The writer can do 
whatever work you need, including aborting the transaction.
+
+The transaction writer is the last place that an application can rollback a 
transaction. If the transaction writer throws any exception, the transaction is 
rolled back. For example, you might use a transaction writer to update a 
backend data source before the Geode cache transaction completes the commit. If 
the backend data source update fails, the transaction writer implementation can 
throw a 
[TransactionWriterException](/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/geode/cache/TransactionWriterException.html)
 to veto the transaction.
+
+A typical usage scenario would be to use the transaction writer to prepare the 
commit on the external database. Then in a transaction listener, you can apply 
the commit on the database.
+
+## Transaction Listeners
+
+When the transaction ends, its thread calls the transaction listener to 
perform the appropriate follow-up for successful commits, failed commits, or 
voluntary rollbacks. The transaction that caused the listener to be called no 
longer exists by the time the listener code executes.
+
+Transaction listeners have access to the transactional view and thus are not 
affected by non-transactional update operations. `TransactionListener` methods 
cannot make transactional changes or cause a rollback. They can, however, start 
a new transaction. Multiple transactions on the same cache can cause concurrent 
invocation of `TransactionListener` methods, so implement methods that do the 
appropriate synchronization of the multiple threads for thread-safe operation.
+
+A transaction listener can preserve the result of a transaction, perhaps to 
compare with other transactions, or for reference in case of a failed commit. 
When a commit fails and the transaction ends, the application cannot just retry 
the transaction, but must build up the data again. For most applications, the 
most efficient action is just to start a new transaction and go back through 
the application logic again.
+
+The rollback and failed commit operations are local to the member where the 
transactional operations are run. When a successful commit writes to a 
distributed or partitioned region, however, the transaction results are 
distributed to other members the same as other updates. The transaction 
listener on the receiving members reflect the changes the transaction makes in 
that member, not the originating member. Any exceptions thrown by the 
transaction listener are caught by Geode and logged.
+
+To configure a transaction listener, add a `cache-transaction-manager` 
configuration to the cache definition and define one or more instances of 
`transaction-listener` there. The only parameter to this `transaction-listener` 
is `URL`, which must be a string, as shown in the following cache.xml example.
+
+**Note:**
+The `cache-transaction-manager` allows listeners to be established. This 
attribute does not install a different transaction manager.
+
+Using cache.xml:
+
+``` pre
+<cache search-timeout="60">
+           <cache-transaction-manager>
+             <transaction-listener>
+               <class-name>com.company.data.MyTransactionListener</class-name>
+                 <parameter name="URL">
+                    <string>jdbc:cloudscape:rmi:MyData</string>
+                 </parameter>
+             </transaction-listener>
+             <transaction-listener>
+              . . .   
+             </transaction-listener> 
+          </cache-transaction-manager>
+               . . . 
+        </cache>
+```
+
+Using the Java API:
+
+``` pre
+CacheTransactionManager manager = cache.getCacheTransactionManager(); 
+manager.addListener(new LoggingTransactionListener());
+```
+
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+---
+title: Apache Geode in 15 Minutes or Less
+---
+<a id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76"></a>
+
+Need a quick introduction to Apache Geode? Take this brief tour to try out 
basic features and functionality.
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_ECE5170BAD9B454E875F13BEB5762DDD"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 1: Install Apache Geode.
+
+See [How to 
Install](installation/install_standalone.html#concept_0129F6A1D0EB42C4A3D24861AF2C5425)
 for instructions.
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_582F8CBBD99D42F1A55C07591E2E9E9E"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 2: Use gfsh to start a Locator.
+
+In a terminal window, use the `gfsh` command line interface to start up a 
locator. Apache Geode *gfsh* (pronounced "jee-fish") provides a single, 
intuitive command-line interface from which you can launch, manage, and monitor 
Apache Geode processes, data, and applications. See [gfsh (Geode 
SHell)](../tools_modules/gfsh/chapter_overview.html).
+
+The *locator* is a Geode process that tells new, connecting members where 
running members are located and provides load balancing for server use. A 
locator, by default, starts up a JMX Manager, which is used for monitoring and 
managing of a Geode cluster. The cluster configuration service uses locators to 
persist and distribute cluster configurations to cluster members. See [Running 
Geode Locator Processes](../configuring/running/running_the_locator.html) and 
[Overview of the Cluster Configuration 
Service](../configuring/cluster_config/gfsh_persist.html).
+
+1.  Create a scratch working directory (for example, `my_gemfire`) and change 
directories into it. `gfsh` saves locator and server working directories and 
log files in this location.
+2.  Start gfsh by typing `gfsh` at the command line (or `gfsh.bat` if you are 
using Windows).
+
+    ``` pre
+        _________________________     __
+       / _____/ ______/ ______/ /____/ /
+      / /  __/ /___  /_____  / _____  /
+     / /__/ / ____/  _____/ / /    / /
+    /______/_/      /______/_/    /_/    v8.2.0
+
+    Monitor and Manage GemFire
+    gfsh>
+    ```
+
+3.  At the `gfsh` prompt, type:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>start locator --name=locator1
+    Starting a GemFire Locator in /home/username/my_gemfire/locator1...
+    .................................
+    Locator in /home/username/my_gemfire/locator1 on ubuntu.local[10334] as 
locator1 is currently online.
+    Process ID: 3529
+    Uptime: 18 seconds
+    GemFire Version: 8.2.0
+    Java Version: 1.8.0_60
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/locator1/locator1.log
+    JVM Arguments: -Dgemfire.enable-cluster-configuration=true 
-Dgemfire.load-cluster-configuration-from-dir=false
+    -Dgemfire.launcher.registerSignalHandlers=true -Djava.awt.headless=true
+    -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=9223372036854775806
+    Class-Path: 
/home/username/Pivotal_GemFire_820_b17919_Linux/lib/gemfire.jar:
+    
/home/username/Pivotal_GemFire_820_b17919_Linux/lib/locator-dependencies.jar
+
+    Successfully connected to: [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099]
+
+    Cluster configuration service is up and running.
+    ```
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_02C79BFFB5334E78A5856AE1EB1F1F84"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 3. Start Pulse.
+
+Start up the browser-based Pulse monitoring tool. Pulse is a Web Application 
that provides a graphical dashboard for monitoring vital, real-time health and 
performance of Geode clusters, members, and regions. See [Geode 
Pulse](../tools_modules/pulse/chapter_overview.html).
+
+``` pre
+gfsh>start pulse
+```
+
+This command launches Pulse and automatically connects you to the JMX Manager 
running in the Locator. At the Pulse login screen, type in the default username 
`admin` and password `admin`.
+
+The Pulse application now displays the locator you just started (locator1):
+
+<img src="../images/pulse_locator.png" 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__image_ign_ff5_t4" class="image" />
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_C617BC1C70EB41B8BCA3691D6E3C891A"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 4: Start a server.
+
+A Geode server is a process that runs as a long-lived, configurable member of 
a cluster (also called a *distributed system*). The Geode server is used 
primarily for hosting long-lived data regions and for running standard Geode 
processes such as the server in a client/server configuration. See [Running 
Geode Server Processes](../configuring/running/running_the_cacheserver.html).
+
+Start the cache server:
+
+``` pre
+gfsh>start server --name=server1 --server-port=40411
+
+```
+
+This commands starts a cache server named "server1" on the specified port of 
40411.
+
+Observe the changes (new member and server) in Pulse. Try expanding the 
distributed system icon to see the locator and cache server graphically.
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_3EA12E44B8394C6A9302DF4D14888AF4"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 5: Create a replicated, persistent region.
+
+In this step you create a region with the `gfsh` command line utility. Regions 
are the core building blocks of the Geode cluster and provide the means for 
organizing your data. The region you create for this exercise employs 
replication to replicate data across members of the cluster and utilizes 
persistence to save the data to disk. See [Data 
Regions](../basic_config/data_regions/chapter_overview.html#data_regions).
+
+1.  Create a replicated, persistent region:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>create region --name=regionA --type=REPLICATE_PERSISTENT
+    Member  | Status
+    ------- | --------------------------------------
+    server1 | Region "/regionA" created on "server1"
+    ```
+
+    Note that the region is hosted on server1.
+
+2.  Use the `gfsh` command line to view a list of the regions in the cluster.
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>list regions
+    List of regions
+    ---------------
+    regionA
+    ```
+
+3.  List the members of your cluster. The locator and cache servers you 
started appear in the list:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>list members
+      Name   | Id
+    -------- | ---------------------------------------
+    locator1 | ubuntu(locator1:3529:locator)<v0>:59926
+    server1  | ubuntu(server1:3883)<v1>:65390
+    ```
+
+4.  To view specifics about a region, type the following:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>describe region --name=regionA
+    ..........................................................
+    Name            : regionA
+    Data Policy     : persistent replicate
+    Hosting Members : server1
+
+    Non-Default Attributes Shared By Hosting Members
+
+     Type  | Name | Value
+    ------ | ---- | -----
+    Region | size | 0
+    ```
+
+5.  In Pulse, click the green cluster icon to see all the new members and new 
regions that you just added to your cluster.
+
+**Note:** Keep this `gfsh` prompt open for the next steps.
+
+## Step 6: Manipulate data in the region and demonstrate persistence.
+
+Apache Geode manages data as key/value pairs. In most applications, a Java 
program adds, deletes and modifies stored data. You can also use gfsh commands 
to add and retrieve data. See [Data 
Commands](../tools_modules/gfsh/quick_ref_commands_by_area.html#topic_C7DB8A800D6244AE8FF3ADDCF139DCE4).
+
+1.  Run the following `put` commands to add some data to the region:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>put --region=regionA --key="1" --value="one"
+    Result      : true
+    Key Class   : java.lang.String
+    Key         : 1
+    Value Class : java.lang.String
+    Old Value   : <NULL>
+
+
+    gfsh>put --region=regionA --key="2" --value="two"
+    Result      : true
+    Key Class   : java.lang.String
+    Key         : 2
+    Value Class : java.lang.String
+    Old Value   : <NULL>
+    ```
+
+2.  Run the following command to retrieve data from the region:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>query --query="select * from /regionA"
+
+    Result     : true
+    startCount : 0
+    endCount   : 20
+    Rows       : 2
+
+    Result
+    ------
+    two
+    one
+    ```
+
+    Note that the result displays the values for the two data entries you 
created with the `put` commands.
+
+    See [Data 
Entries](../basic_config/data_entries_custom_classes/chapter_overview.html).
+
+3.  Stop the cache server using the following command:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>stop server --name=server1
+    Stopping Cache Server running in /home/username/my_gemfire/server1 on 
ubuntu.local[40411] as server1...
+    Process ID: 3883
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/server1/server1.log
+    ....
+    ```
+
+4.  Restart the cache server using the following command:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>start server --name=server1 --server-port=40411
+    ```
+
+5.  Run the following command to retrieve data from the region again-- notice 
that the data is still available:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>query --query="select * from /regionA"
+
+    Result     : true
+    startCount : 0
+    endCount   : 20
+    Rows       : 2
+
+    Result
+    ------
+    two
+    one
+    ```
+
+    Because regionA uses persistence, it writes a copy of the data to disk. 
When a server hosting regionA starts, the data is populated into the cache. 
Note that the result displays the values for the two data entries you created 
prior to stopping the server with the `put` commands.
+
+    See [Data 
Entries](../basic_config/data_entries_custom_classes/chapter_overview.html).
+
+    See [Data 
Regions](../basic_config/data_regions/chapter_overview.html#data_regions).
+
+## Step 7: Examine the effects of replication.
+
+In this step, you start a second cache server. Because regionA is replicated, 
the data will be available on any server hosting the region.
+
+See [Data 
Regions](../basic_config/data_regions/chapter_overview.html#data_regions).
+
+1.  Start a second cache server:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>start server --name=server2 --server-port=40412
+    ```
+
+2.  Run the `describe region` command to view information about regionA:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>describe region --name=regionA
+    ..........................................................
+    Name            : regionA
+    Data Policy     : persistent replicate
+    Hosting Members : server1
+                      server2
+
+    Non-Default Attributes Shared By Hosting Members
+
+     Type  | Name | Value
+    ------ | ---- | -----
+    Region | size | 2
+    ```
+
+    Note that you do not need to create regionA again for server2. The output 
of the command shows that regionA is hosted on both server1 and server2. When 
gfsh starts a server, it requests the configuration from the cluster 
configuration service which then distributes the shared configuration to any 
new servers joining the cluster.
+
+3.  Add a third data entry:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>put --region=regionA --key="3" --value="three"
+    Result      : true
+    Key Class   : java.lang.String
+    Key         : 3
+    Value Class : java.lang.String
+    Old Value   : <NULL>
+    ```
+
+4.  Open the Pulse application (in a Web browser) and observe the cluster 
topology. You should see a locator with two attached servers. Click the <span 
class="ph uicontrol">Data</span> tab to view information about regionA.
+5.  Stop the first cache server with the following command:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>stop server --name=server1
+    Stopping Cache Server running in /home/username/my_gemfire/server1 on 
ubuntu.local[40411] as server1...
+    Process ID: 4064
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/server1/server1.log
+    ....
+    ```
+
+6.  Retrieve data from the remaining cache server.
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>query --query="select * from /regionA"
+
+    Result     : true
+    startCount : 0
+    endCount   : 20
+    Rows       : 3
+
+    Result
+    ------
+    two
+    one
+    three
+    ```
+
+    Note that the data contains 3 entries, including the entry you just added.
+
+7.  Add a fourth data entry:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>put --region=regionA --key="4" --value="four"
+    Result      : true
+    Key Class   : java.lang.String
+    Key         : 3
+    Value Class : java.lang.String
+    Old Value   : <NULL>
+    ```
+
+    Note that only server2 is running. Because the data is replicated and 
persisted, all of the data is still available. But the new data entry is 
currently only available on server 2.
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>describe region --name=regionA
+    ..........................................................
+    Name            : regionA
+    Data Policy     : persistent replicate
+    Hosting Members : server2
+
+    Non-Default Attributes Shared By Hosting Members
+
+     Type  | Name | Value
+    ------ | ---- | -----
+    Region | size | 4
+    ```
+
+8.  Stop the remaining cache server:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>stop server --name=server2
+    Stopping Cache Server running in /home/username/my_gemfire/server2 on 
ubuntu.local[40412] as server2...
+    Process ID: 4185
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/server2/server2.log
+    .....
+    ```
+
+## Step 8: Restart the cache servers in parallel.
+
+In this step you restart the cache servers in parallel. Because the data is 
persisted, the data is available when the servers restart. Because the data is 
replicated, you must start the servers in parallel so that they can synchronize 
their data before starting.
+
+1.  Start server1. Because regionA is replicated and persistent, it needs data 
from the other server to start and waits for the server to start:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>start server --name=server1 --server-port=40411
+    Starting a GemFire Server in /home/username/my_gemfire/server1...
+    
............................................................................
+    
............................................................................
+    ```
+
+    Note that if you look in the <span class="ph filepath">server1.log</span> 
file for the restarted server, you will see a log message similar to the 
following:
+
+    ``` pre
+    [info 2015/01/14 09:08:13.610 PST server1 <main> tid=0x1] Region /regionA 
has pot
+    entially stale data. It is waiting for another member to recover the 
latest data.
+      My persistent id:
+
+        DiskStore ID: 8e2d99a9-4725-47e6-800d-28a26e1d59b1
+        Name: server1
+        Location: /192.0.2.0:/home/username/my_gemfire/server1/.
+
+      Members with potentially new data:
+      [
+        DiskStore ID: 2e91b003-8954-43f9-8ba9-3c5b0cdd4dfa
+        Name: server2
+        Location: /192.0.2.0:/home/username/my_gemfire/server2/.
+      ]
+      Use the "gemfire list-missing-disk-stores" command to see all disk 
stores that
+    are being waited on by other members.
+    ```
+
+2.  In a second terminal window, change directories to the scratch working 
directory (for example, `my_gemfire`) and start gfsh:
+
+    ``` pre
+    [username@localhost ~/my_gemfire]$ gfsh
+        _________________________     __
+       / _____/ ______/ ______/ /____/ /
+      / /  __/ /___  /_____  / _____  /
+     / /__/ / ____/  _____/ / /    / /
+    /______/_/      /______/_/    /_/    v8.2.0
+
+    Monitor and Manage GemFire
+    ```
+
+3.  Run the following command to connect to the cluster:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>connect --locator=localhost[10334]
+    Connecting to Locator at [host=localhost, port=10334] ..
+    Connecting to Manager at [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099] ..
+    Successfully connected to: [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099]
+    ```
+
+4.  Start server2:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>start server --name=server2 --server-port=40412
+    ```
+
+    When server2 starts, note that **server1 completes its start up** in the 
first gfsh window:
+
+    ``` pre
+    Server in /home/username/my_gemfire/server1 on ubuntu.local[40411] as 
server1 is currently online.
+    Process ID: 3402
+    Uptime: 1 minute 46 seconds
+    GemFire Version: 8.2.0
+    Java Version: 1.8.0_60
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/server1/server1.log
+    JVM Arguments: -Dgemfire.default.locators=192.0.2.0[10334] 
-Dgemfire.use-cluster-configuration=true
+    -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=kill -KILL %p 
-Dgemfire.launcher.registerSignalHandlers=true
+    -Djava.awt.headless=true 
-Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=9223372036854775806
+    Class-Path: 
/home/username/Pivotal_GemFire_820_b17919_Linux/lib/gemfire.jar:
+    /home/username/Pivotal_GemFire_820_b17919_Linux/lib/server-dependencies.jar
+    ```
+
+5.  Verify that the locator and two servers are running:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>list members
+      Name   | Id
+    -------- | ---------------------------------------
+    server2  | ubuntu(server2:3992)<v8>:21507
+    server1  | ubuntu(server1:3402)<v7>:36532
+    locator1 | ubuntu(locator1:2813:locator)<v0>:46644
+    ```
+
+6.  Run a query to verify that all the data you entered with the `put` 
commands is available:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>query --query="select * from /regionA"
+
+    Result     : true
+    startCount : 0
+    endCount   : 20
+    Rows       : 5
+
+    Result
+    ------
+    one
+    two
+    four
+    Three
+
+    NEXT_STEP_NAME : END
+    ```
+
+7.  Stop server2 with the following command:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>stop server --dir=server2
+    Stopping Cache Server running in /home/username/my_gemfire/server2 on 
192.0.2.0[40412] as server2...
+    Process ID: 3992
+    Log File: /home/username/my_gemfire/server2/server2.log
+    ....
+    ```
+
+8.  Run a query to verify that all the data you entered with the `put` 
commands is still available:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>query --query="select * from /regionA"
+
+    Result     : true
+    startCount : 0
+    endCount   : 20
+    Rows       : 5
+
+    Result
+    ------
+    one
+    two
+    four
+    Three
+
+    NEXT_STEP_NAME : END
+    ```
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_E417BEEC172B4E96A92A61DC7601E572"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 9: Shut down the system including your locators.
+
+To shut down your cluster, do the following:
+
+1.  In the current `gfsh` session, stop the cluster:
+
+    ``` pre
+    gfsh>shutdown --include-locators=true
+    ```
+
+    See [shutdown](../tools_modules/gfsh/command-pages/shutdown.html).
+
+2.  When prompted, type 'Y' to confirm the shutdown of the cluster.
+
+    ``` pre
+    As a lot of data in memory will be lost, including possibly events in 
queues,
+    do you really want to shutdown the entire distributed system? (Y/n): Y
+    Shutdown is triggered
+
+    gfsh>
+    No longer connected to ubuntu.local[1099].
+    gfsh>
+    ```
+
+3.  Type `exit` to quit the gfsh shell.
+
+## <a 
id="topic_FE3F28ED18E145F787431EC87B676A76__section_C8694C6BB07E4430A73DDD72ABB473F1"
 class="no-quick-link"></a>Step 10: What to do next...
+
+Here are some suggestions on what to explore next with Apache Geode:
+
+-   Continue reading the next section to learn more about the components and 
concepts that were just introduced.
+-   To get more practice using `gfsh`, see [Tutorial—Performing Common Tasks 
with 
gfsh](../tools_modules/gfsh/tour_of_gfsh.html#concept_0B7DE9DEC1524ED0897C144EE1B83A34).
+-   To learn about the cluster configuration service, see [Tutorial—Creating 
and Using a Cluster 
Configuration](../configuring/cluster_config/persisting_configurations.html#task_bt3_z1v_dl).


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