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<p><code>Txn</code> provides a high level interface to Jena transactions. It is a
library over the core functionality - applications do not have to use <code>Txn</code>
to use transactions.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Java8 idioms</li>
<li>Application exceptions cause transaction aborts.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Transaction continuation&rdquo; - use any existing active transaction.</li>
<li>Autocommit - ensure actions are inside a transaction even if none is active.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="transactions">Transactions</h2>
<p>The <a href="basic_txn_api.html">basic transactions API</a> provides operations
<code>begin</code>, <code>commit</code>, <code>abort</code> and <code>end</code>.</p>
<p>A write transaction looks like:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">begin</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ReadWrite<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">write</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> write operations <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">commit</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// Or abort
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span><span style="color:#666">}</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">finally</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">end</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>This can be simplified by wrapping application code, contained in a Java lambda
expression or a Java Runnable object, and calling a method of the dataset or
other transactional object. This wil apply the correct entry and exit code for
a transaction, eliminating coding errors.</p>
<p>This is also available via transactional objects such as <code>Dataset</code>.</p>
<p>The pattern is:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>and</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeWrite</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>The form is:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ds<span style="color:#666">,</span> <span style="color:#666">()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>and</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeWrite</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ds<span style="color:#666">,</span> <span style="color:#666">()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span> <span style="color:#666">.</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>is also available (<code>Txn</code> is the implementation of this machinery). Using Txn is
this way is necessary for Jena3.</p>
<h2 id="usage">Usage</h2>
<p>This first example shows how to write a SPARQL query .</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Query query <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>QueryExecution qExec <span style="color:#666">=</span> QueryExecutionFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">create</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>query<span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">))</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> ResultSetFormatter<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">out</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>qExec<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">execSelect</span><span style="color:#666">())</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Here, a <code>try-with-resources</code> ensures correct handling of the
<code>QueryExecution</code> inside a read transaction.</p>
<p>Writing to a file is a read-action (it does not update the RDF data, the
writer needs to read the dataset or model):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> RDFDataMgr<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">write</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>System<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">out</span><span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">,</span> Lang<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">TRIG</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>whereas reading data into an RDF dataset needs to be a write transaction
(the dataset or model is changed).</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeWrite</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> RDFDataMgr<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">read</span><span style="color:#666">(</span><span style="color:#b44">&#34;data.ttl&#34;</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Applications are not limited to a single operation inside a transaction. It
can involve multiple applications read operations, such as making several
queries:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Query query1 <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Query query2 <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>QueryExecution qExec1 <span style="color:#666">=</span> QueryExecutionFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">create</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>query1<span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">))</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>QueryExecution qExec2 <span style="color:#666">=</span> QueryExecutionFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">create</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>query2<span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">))</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>A <code>calculateRead</code> block can return a result but only with the condition
that what is returned does not touch the data again unless it uses a new
transaction.</p>
<p>This includes returning a result set or returning a model from a dataset.</p>
<p><code>ResultSets</code> by default stream - each time <code>hasNext</code> or <code>next</code> is
called, new data might be read from the RDF dataset. A copy of the
results needs to be taken:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Query query <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>List<span style="color:#666">&lt;</span>String<span style="color:#666">&gt;</span> results <span style="color:#666">=</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">calculateRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> List<span style="color:#666">&lt;</span>String<span style="color:#666">&gt;</span> accumulator <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">new</span> ArrayList<span style="color:#666">&lt;&gt;()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>QueryExecution qExec <span style="color:#666">=</span> QueryExecutionFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">create</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>query<span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">))</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> qExec<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">execSelect</span><span style="color:#666">().</span><span style="color:#b44">forEachRemaining</span><span style="color:#666">((</span>row<span style="color:#666">)-&gt;{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> String strThisRow <span style="color:#666">=</span> row<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">getLiteral</span><span style="color:#666">(</span><span style="color:#b44">&#34;variable&#34;</span><span style="color:#666">).</span><span style="color:#b44">getLexicalForm</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> accumulator<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">add</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>strThisRow<span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">return</span> accumulator <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// use &#34;results&#34;
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>Query query <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>ResultSet List<span style="color:#666">&lt;</span>String<span style="color:#666">&gt;</span> resultSet <span style="color:#666">=</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">calculateRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> List<span style="color:#666">&lt;</span>String<span style="color:#666">&gt;</span> accumulator <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">new</span> ArrayList<span style="color:#666">&lt;&gt;()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>QueryExecution qExec <span style="color:#666">=</span> QueryExecutionFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">create</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>query<span style="color:#666">,</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">))</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">return</span> ResultSetFactory<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">copyResults</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>qExec<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">execSelect</span><span style="color:#666">())</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">})</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// use &#34;resultSet&#34;
</span></span></span></code></pre></div><p>The functions <code>execute</code> and <code>calculate</code> start <code>READ_PROMOTE</code>
transactions which start in &ldquo;read&rdquo; mode but convert to &ldquo;write&rdquo; mode if
needed. For details of transaction promotion see the
<a href="transactions_api.html#types-modes-promotion">section in the transaction API documentation</a>.</p>
<h2 id="working-with-rdf-models">Working with RDF Models</h2>
<p>The unit of transaction is the dataset. Model in datasets are just views of that dataset.
Model should not be passed out of a transaction because they are still attached to the
dataset.</p>
<h2 id="autocommit-and-transaction-continuation">Autocommit and Transaction continuation</h2>
<p>If there is a transaction already started for the thread, then
<code>execute...</code> or <code>calculate...</code> will be performed as part of
the transaction and that transaction is not terminated. If there is not transaction already started,
a transaction is wrapped around the <code>execute...</code> or <code>calculate...</code> action.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>Dataset dataset <span style="color:#666">=</span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// Main transaction.
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span>dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">begin</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ReadWrite<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">WRITE</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// Part of the transaction above.
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(()</span> <span style="color:#666">-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">...)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// Part of the transaction above - no commit/abort
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">executeWrite</span><span style="color:#666">(()</span> <span style="color:#666">-&gt;</span> <span style="color:#666">...)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#080;font-style:italic">// Outer transaction
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#080;font-style:italic"></span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">commit</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">}</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">finally</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span> dataset<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">end</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="design">Design</h2>
<p><code>Txn</code> uses Java <code>Runnable</code> for the application code, passed into control code
that wraps the transaction operations around the application code. This results
in application code automatically applied transaction begin/commit/end as needed.</p>
<p>A bare read transaction requires the following code structure (no exception handling):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span>txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">begin</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ReadWrite<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">READ</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#666">...</span> application code <span style="color:#666">...</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">}</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">finally</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span> txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">end</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>while a write transaction requires either a <code>commit</code> or an <code>abort</code>
at the end of the application code as well.</p>
<p>Without the transaction continuation code (simplified, the <code>Txn</code> code
for a read transaction takes the form:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-java" data-lang="java"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">public</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">static</span> <span style="color:#666">&lt;</span>T <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">extends</span> Transactional<span style="color:#666">&gt;</span> <span style="color:#0b0;font-weight:bold">void</span> <span style="color:#00a000">executeRead</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>T txn<span style="color:#666">,</span> Runnable r<span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">begin</span><span style="color:#666">(</span>ReadWrite<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">READ</span><span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">try</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span> r<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">run</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">catch</span> <span style="color:#666">(</span>Throwable th<span style="color:#666">)</span> <span style="color:#666">{</span> txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">end</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#a2f;font-weight:bold">throw</span> th <span style="color:#666">;</span> <span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> txn<span style="color:#666">.</span><span style="color:#b44">end</span><span style="color:#666">()</span> <span style="color:#666">;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#666">}</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>See <a href="https://github.com/apache/jena/blob/main/jena-arq/src/main/java/org/apache/jena/query/Txn.java"><code>Txn.java</code></a> for full details.</p>
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