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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package javax.sql;
+
+import java.sql.*;
+
+
+/**
+ * An object that provides support for distributed
+ * transactions. An <code>XAConnection</code> object may be enlisted
+ * in a distributed transaction by means of an <code>XAResource</code> object.
+ * A transaction manager, usually part of a middle tier server, manages an
+ * <code>XAConnection</code> object through the <code>XAResource</code> object.
+ * <P>
+ * An application programmer does not use this interface directly; rather,
+ * it is used by a transaction manager working in the middle tier server.
+ *
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+
+public interface XAConnection extends PooledConnection {
+
+
+ /**
+ * Retrieves an <code>XAResource</code> object that
+ * the transaction manager will use
+ * to manage this <code>XAConnection</code> object's participation in a
+ * distributed transaction.
+ *
+ * @return the <code>XAResource</code> object
+ * @exception SQLException if a database access error occurs
+ * @exception SQLFeatureNotSupportedException if the JDBC driver does not support
+ * this method
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ javax.transaction.xa.XAResource getXAResource() throws SQLException;
+
+ }