Is there an open-source solution to XA-transactional file access in Java?

Question

Is it possible to make XA-transactional access to the file system in Java? I want to manipulate files within the boundaries of a transaction and my transaction must partici

Answer 1

At the time the JBoss Transactions intern started there was no XA capable file system driver for Java. I've not checked more recently, but nor have I seen any news about similar work. The work that Ioannis did during his internship is available if you want to use it, but not under active development at present. Unless you want to become an open source contributor :-)

At some point in the future when we have the time and/or customer demand we may roll this functionality into the product. Meanwhile it's at www.jboss.org/jbosstm/fileio/ and the original project discussion is at www.jboss.org/community/wiki/JBossTSProjects

Jonathan Halliday
JBossTS dev team