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21: */
22: package org.jboss.tm;
23:
24: import javax.transaction.Transaction;
25:
26: /**
27: * Implementations of this interface are used for importing a transaction
28: * propagation context into the transaction manager.
29: *
30: * @see TransactionPropagationContextFactory
31: * @author <a href="mailto:osh@sparre.dk">Ole Husgaard</a>
32: * @version $Revision: 57208 $
33: */
34: public interface TransactionPropagationContextImporter {
35: /**
36: * Import the transaction propagation context into the transaction
37: * manager, and return the resulting transaction.
38: * If this transaction propagation context has already been imported
39: * into the transaction manager, this method simply returns the
40: * <code>Transaction</code> representing the transaction propagation
41: * context in the local VM.
42: * Returns <code>null</code> if the transaction propagation context is
43: * <code>null</code>, or if it represents a <code>null</code> transaction.
44: */
45: public Transaction importTransactionPropagationContext(Object tpc);
46: }
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