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package org.springframework.transaction.annotation;

import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition;

/**
 * Enumeration that represents transaction isolation levels
 * for use with the JDK 1.5+ transaction annotation, corresponding
 * to the TransactionDefinition interface.
 *
 * @author Colin Sampaleanu
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.2
 * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
 * @see org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition
 */
public enum Isolation {
	
	/**
	 * Use the default isolation level of the underlying datastore.
	 * All other levels correspond to the JDBC isolation levels.
	 * @see java.sql.Connection
	 */
	DEFAULT(TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_DEFAULT),

	/**
	 * A constant indicating that dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom reads
	 * can occur. This level allows a row changed by one transaction to be read by
	 * another transaction before any changes in that row have been committed
	 * (a "dirty read"). If any of the changes are rolled back, the second
	 * transaction will have retrieved an invalid row.
	 * @see java.sql.Connection#TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED
	 */
	READ_UNCOMMITTED(TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_UNCOMMITTED),

	/**
	 * A constant indicating that dirty reads are prevented; non-repeatable reads
	 * and phantom reads can occur. This level only prohibits a transaction
	 * from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it.
	 * @see java.sql.Connection#TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED
	 */
	READ_COMMITTED(TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_READ_COMMITTED),

	/**
	 * A constant indicating that dirty reads and non-repeatable reads are
	 * prevented; phantom reads can occur. This level prohibits a transaction
	 * from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it, and it also prohibits
	 * the situation where one transaction reads a row, a second transaction
	 * alters the row, and the first transaction rereads the row, getting
	 * different values the second time (a "non-repeatable read").
	 * @see java.sql.Connection#TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ
	 */
	REPEATABLE_READ(TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_REPEATABLE_READ),

	/**
	 * A constant indicating that dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom
	 * reads are prevented. This level includes the prohibitions in
	 * <code>ISOLATION_REPEATABLE_READ</code> and further prohibits the situation
	 * where one transaction reads all rows that satisfy a <code>WHERE</code>
	 * condition, a second transaction inserts a row that satisfies that
	 * <code>WHERE</code> condition, and the first transaction rereads for the
	 * same condition, retrieving the additional "phantom" row in the second read.
	 * @see java.sql.Connection#TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE
	 */
	SERIALIZABLE(TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_SERIALIZABLE);


	private final int value;


	Isolation(int value) { this.value = value; }
	
	public int value() { return value; }
	
}