TransactionAnnotationParser (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.transaction.annotation

## Interface TransactionAnnotationParser

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser, SpringTransactionAnnotationParser

      public interface TransactionAnnotationParser

  Strategy interface for parsing known transaction annotation types. `AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource` delegates to such parsers for supporting specific annotation types such as Spring's own `Transactional` or EJB3's `TransactionAttribute`.
  Since:
    2.5
  Author:
    Juergen Hoeller
  See Also:
    `AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource`, `SpringTransactionAnnotationParser`, `Ejb3TransactionAnnotationParser`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `TransactionAttribute` | `parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae)` Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### parseTransactionAnnotation

          TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae)

      Parse the transaction attribute for the given method or class, based on a known annotation type.

      This essentially parses a known transaction annotation into Spring's metadata attribute class. Returns `null` if the method/class is not transactional.

      Parameters:
        `ae` - the annotated method or class
      Returns:
        TransactionAttribute the configured transaction attribute, or `null` if none was found
      See Also:
        `AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource.determineTransactionAttribute(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement)`