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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.wamblee.test.transactions;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interfaces to be implemented by resource that want to participate in transactions
+ * managed through {@link SimpleTransactionManager}.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ */
+public interface TransactionResource<T> {
+
+ /**
+ * Begins a transaction.
+ * @return Object that manages the transaction for the resource.
+ */
+ T begin();
+
+ /**
+ * Rolls back a transaction.
+ * @param aT Object that manages the transaction for the resource.
+ */
+ void rollback(T aT);
+
+ /**
+ * Commits the transaction.
+ * @param aT Object that manages the transaction for the resource.
+ */
+ void commit(T aT);
+
+}