How to manage transaction for database and file system in Java EE environment?

Question

I store file’s attributes (size, update time…) in database. So the problem is how to manage transaction for database and file.

In a Java EE environment, JTA is just

Answer 1

JTA is not simply for Databases, it can be used long with any other resource if that resource supports XA transaction. For example, XADisk enables one such integration of file-systems with XA transactions. Hence, it can also solve the problem of file-system and database consistency which you have been trying to solve.

Hope that helps.

Nitin