Hi Alex, does this mean, it is not possible now, but will be in a future release? Or can we do this ourselves using this "back links" right now?
Thanks, Tanja -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Karasulu Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Transaction for interceptor This is something we actually planned to implement using back links. And yes atomicity would be needed and can be achieved. Alex On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Tanja Ertl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > with transactional I mean that the origin action and the work done in the > interceptor is an *atomic* piece of work. If one fails, the other should not > be succeeding, too. Like a transaction in database context. > One of our use cases is that our users need to maintain a memberOf > attribute, where all groups of the user are listed. This should be tracked > by an interceptor. If you add a user to a group the interceptor should > update the memberOf attribute of the user entry. This should only happen, if > the original request succeeds. That's no problem, the interceptor could > start the work after the nexus has executed the request successfully. But > vice versa, if the interceptor fails to add the group to the memberOf > attribute, the original request should be rolled backed, too. > > Bye, > Tanja > > -----Original Message----- > From: Emmanuel Lecharny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emmanuel > Lecharny > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Transaction for interceptor > > Tanja Ertl wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > we would like to add our own interceptor to the ApacheDS interceptor > > chain to do some work when new entries are added/deleted,... > > > That's should not be complex. We are around if you have any problem or > questions ! > > Is there a way to make this transactional with the "real action"? > > > Can you define a little bit more what you mean by 'transactional" ? > > It would also help to know which kind of modification you will do in > this added interceptor. > > Thanks ! > > -- > -- > cordialement, regards, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > directory.apache.org > > >
