- /*
- * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
- package javax.transaction.xa;
-
- /**
- * The Xid interface is a Java mapping of the X/Open transaction identifier
- * XID structure. This interface specifies three accessor methods to
- * retrieve a global transaction’s format ID, global transaction ID,
- * and branch qualifier. The Xid interface is used by the transaction
- * manager and the resource managers. This interface is not visible to
- * the application programs.
- */
- public interface Xid {
-
- /**
- * Maximum number of bytes returned by getGtrid.
- */
- final static int MAXGTRIDSIZE = 64;
-
- /**
- * Maximum number of bytes returned by getBqual.
- */
- final static int MAXBQUALSIZE = 64;
-
- /**
- * Obtain the format identifier part of the XID.
- *
- * @return Format identifier. O means the OSI CCR format.
- */
- int getFormatId();
-
- /**
- * Obtain the global transaction identifier part of XID as an array
- * of bytes.
- *
- * @return Global transaction identifier.
- */
- byte[] getGlobalTransactionId();
-
- /**
- * Obtain the transaction branch identifier part of XID as an array
- * of bytes.
- *
- * @return Global transaction identifier.
- */
- byte[] getBranchQualifier();
- }