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package org.jboss.iiop.tm;

import javax.transaction.Transaction;
import org.omg.CORBA.LocalInterface;
import org.omg.CORBA.Current;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by a CORBA OTS provider for integration with 
 * JBossAS. The CORBA OTS provider must (i) create an object that implements 
 * this interface and (ii) register an initial reference for that object  
 * with the JBossAS ORB, under name "InboundTransactionCurrent".
 * <p>
 * Step (ii) above should be done by a call 
 * <code>orbInitInfo.register_initial_reference</code> within the 
 * <code>pre_init</code> method of an 
 * <code>org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitializer</code>, 
 * which will probably be also the initializer that registers a server request
 * interceptor for the OTS provider.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:reverbel@ime.usp.br">Francisco Reverbel</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface InboundTransactionCurrent extends LocalInterface, Current
{
   public final String NAME = "InboundTransactionCurrent";

   /**
    * Gets the Transaction instance associated with the current incoming 
    * request. This method should be called only by code that handles incoming
    * requests; its return value is undefined in the case of a call issued 
    * outside of a request scope.
    * 
    * @return the javax.transaction.Transaction instance associated with the 
    *         current incoming request, or null if that request was not issued
    *         within the scope of some transaction.
    */
   Transaction getCurrentTransaction();

}
