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`Freeze::Connection`

Overview

local interface Connection

A connection to a database (database environment with Berkeley DB). If you want to use a connection concurrently in multiple threads, you need to serialize access to this connection.

Operation Index

beginTransaction: Create a new transaction.
close: Closes this connection.
currentTransaction: Returns the transaction associated with this connection.
getCommunicator: Returns the communicator associated with this connection
getName: The name of the connected system (e.g.

`beginTransaction`

Transaction beginTransaction();

Create a new transaction. Only one transaction at a time can be associated with a connection.

Return Value

The new transaction

Exceptions

raises: TransactionAlreadyInProgressException if a transaction is already associated with this connection.

`close`

void close();

Closes this connection. If there is an associated transaction, it is rolled back.

`currentTransaction`

Transaction currentTransaction();

Returns the transaction associated with this connection.

Return Value

The current transaction if there is one, null otherwise.

`getCommunicator`

::Ice::Communicator getCommunicator();

Returns the communicator associated with this connection

`getName`

string getName();

The name of the connected system (e.g. Berkeley DB environment)

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