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Diffstat (limited to 'src/libstrongswan/database/database.h')
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1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/database/database.h b/src/libstrongswan/database/database.h index d46fc3d34..ad5ccf95e 100644 --- a/src/libstrongswan/database/database.h +++ b/src/libstrongswan/database/database.h @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ /* + * Copyright (C) 2013 Tobias Brunner * Copyright (C) 2008 Martin Willi * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil * @@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ struct database_t { enumerator_t* (*query)(database_t *this, char *sql, ...); /** - * Execute a query which dows not return rows, such as INSERT. + * Execute a query which does not return rows, such as INSERT. * * @param rowid pointer to write inserted AUTO_INCREMENT row ID, or NULL * @param sql sql string, containing '?' placeholders @@ -112,6 +113,41 @@ struct database_t { int (*execute)(database_t *this, int *rowid, char *sql, ...); /** + * Start a transaction. + * + * A serializable transaction forces a strict separation between other + * transactions. Due to the performance overhead they should only be used + * in certain situations (e.g. SELECT->INSERT|UPDATE). + * + * @note Either commit() or rollback() has to be called to end the + * transaction. + * @note Transactions are thread-specific. So commit()/rollbak() has to be + * called from the same thread. + * @note While this method can be called multiple times (commit/rollback + * have to be called an equal number of times) real nested transactions are + * not supported. So if any if the "inner" transactions are rolled back + * the outer most transaction is rolled back. + * + * @param serializable TRUE to create a serializable transaction + * @return TRUE on success + */ + bool (*transaction)(database_t *this, bool serializable); + + /** + * Commit all changes made during the current transaction. + * + * @return TRUE on success + */ + bool (*commit)(database_t *this); + + /** + * Rollback/revert all changes made during the current transaction. + * + * @return TRUE on success + */ + bool (*rollback)(database_t *this); + + /** * Get the database implementation type. * * To allow driver specific SQL or performance optimizations each database |