Re: [xmlblaster-devel] JTA compliance

[Marcel Ruff <mr at marcelruff.info>]

Cyrille Giquello wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm not using xmlBlaster for a while, but I never forget that great 
> tool ;-)
> For last projects where I would like to use it, some constraints has
> made it out of selected technos :-(
> Never mind, I do not write here about my life, you don't care about it 
> ...
Yes we care :-)

Thanks for this interesting feedback, XA was discussed since beginning 
of xmlBlaster,
the day will come when somebody starts these efforts.
I believe it is not too complicated but still someone needs to sit down 
and work out all
the details ...

regards
Marcel
> Seriously, I'm now looking about JTA/XA (Java Transaction API and XA
> Distributed Transaction) and searching for out of J2EE Servers
> implementations. Last year there is not much stuff. But today I found 
> a lot.
>
> I'm writing here because I think XmlBlaster should implements
> transaction Resource Manager (XA Resource), like some others messaging
> servers.
> I do not know how it should be difficult to implements this future...
>
> Here are some nice links I found (not for ResourceManage, but for
> TransactionManager) :
>
> General article about JTA wihtout J2EE server :
> http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2007/jw-04-xa.html
>
> And to use JTA without a J2EE server we need a Transaction Manager :
>
> *Simple JTA*
> https://simple-jta.dev.java.net/ but it seems to be silencious, one
> developper, not many paper ...
>
> The *Bitronix* Transaction Manager (BTM) is a simple but complete
> implementation of the JTA 1.0.1B API.
> http://www.bitronix.be/Btm/Overview
>
> *Atomikos TransactionsEssentials* is a premium transaction manager for
> automatic cancelation of problematic transactions, across disparate
> datasources or back-end systems (apache license v2).
> http://www.atomikos.com/products/transactionsJTA/overview.html
>
> Perhaps you know about those stuff ? If you have a prefered one, tell me
> about, I need to select one ;-)
>
> I wish you a nice summer, and plenty of bug free code !
> Cheers
> cyrille.


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