DSLContext's underlying {@link #configuration()}'s
+ * {@link Configuration#transactionProvider()}, and return the
+ * transactional's outcome.
+ * + * Both javac and Eclipse compilers contain bugs when overloading methods + * that take both "void-compatible" and "value-compatible" functional + * interfaces: + *
transactionResult().
+ * Future versions of jOOQ may create a better synonym for this, called
+ * transaction(), which doesn't conflict with
+ * {@link #transaction(TransactionalRunnable)}
+ *
+ * @param transactional The transactional code
+ * @return The transactional outcome
+ */
+ DSLContext's underlying {@link #configuration()}'s
* {@link Configuration#transactionProvider()}, and return the
* transactional's outcome.
*
* @param transactional The transactional code
- * @return The transactional outcome
*/
- TransactionProvider SPI can be used to implement custom
* transaction behaviour that is applied when calling
- * {@link DSLContext#transaction(Transactional)}.
+ * {@link DSLContext#transactionResult(TransactionalCallable)} or
+ * {@link DSLContext#transaction(TransactionalRunnable)}.
*
* A new {@link Configuration} copy is created from the calling
* {@link DSLContext} for the scope of a single transactions. Implementors may
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalCallable.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalCallable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1d735a2ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalCallable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2014, Data Geekery GmbH (http://www.datageekery.com)
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This work is dual-licensed
+ * - under the Apache Software License 2.0 (the "ASL")
+ * - under the jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement (the "jOOQ License")
+ * =============================================================================
+ * You may choose which license applies to you:
+ *
+ * - If you're using this work with Open Source databases, you may choose
+ * either ASL or jOOQ License.
+ * - If you're using this work with at least one commercial database, you must
+ * choose jOOQ License
+ *
+ * For more information, please visit http://www.jooq.org/licenses
+ *
+ * Apache Software License 2.0:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Data Geekery grants the Customer the non-exclusive, timely limited and
+ * non-transferable license to install and use the Software under the terms of
+ * the jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed with a LIMITED WARRANTY. See the jOOQ License
+ * and Maintenance Agreement for more details: http://www.jooq.org/licensing
+ */
+package org.jooq;
+
+/**
+ * An
+ * If this method completes normally, and this is not a nested transaction,
+ * then the transaction will be committed. If this method completes with an
+ * exception, then the transaction is rolled back to the beginning of this
+ *
+ * If this method completes normally, and this is not a nested transaction,
+ * then the transaction will be committed. If this method completes with an
+ * exception, then the transaction is rolled back to the beginning of this
+ * FunctionalInterface that wraps transactional code.
+ *
+ * @author Lukas Eder
+ */
+public interface TransactionalCallableTransactionalCallable.
+ *
+ * @param configuration The Configuration in whose context the
+ * transaction is run.
+ * @return The outcome of the transaction.
+ * @throws Exception Any exception that will cause a rollback of the code
+ * contained in this transaction. If this is a nested
+ * transaction, the rollback may be performed only to the state
+ * before executing this TransactionalCallable.
+ */
+ T run(Configuration configuration) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalRunnable.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalRunnable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6061c30e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/TransactionalRunnable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2014, Data Geekery GmbH (http://www.datageekery.com)
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This work is dual-licensed
+ * - under the Apache Software License 2.0 (the "ASL")
+ * - under the jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement (the "jOOQ License")
+ * =============================================================================
+ * You may choose which license applies to you:
+ *
+ * - If you're using this work with Open Source databases, you may choose
+ * either ASL or jOOQ License.
+ * - If you're using this work with at least one commercial database, you must
+ * choose jOOQ License
+ *
+ * For more information, please visit http://www.jooq.org/licenses
+ *
+ * Apache Software License 2.0:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Data Geekery grants the Customer the non-exclusive, timely limited and
+ * non-transferable license to install and use the Software under the terms of
+ * the jOOQ License and Maintenance Agreement.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed with a LIMITED WARRANTY. See the jOOQ License
+ * and Maintenance Agreement for more details: http://www.jooq.org/licensing
+ */
+package org.jooq;
+
+/**
+ * An FunctionalInterface that wraps transactional code.
+ *
+ * @author Lukas Eder
+ */
+public interface TransactionalRunnable {
+
+ /**
+ * Run the transactional code.
+ * TransactionalRunnable.
+ *
+ * @param configuration The Configuration in whose context the
+ * transaction is run.
+ * @throws Exception Any exception that will cause a rollback of the code
+ * contained in this transaction. If this is a nested
+ * transaction, the rollback may be performed only to the state
+ * before executing this TransactionalRunnable.
+ */
+ void run(Configuration configuration) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
index 50126d8002..f458752a93 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ import org.jooq.Table;
import org.jooq.TableLike;
import org.jooq.TableRecord;
import org.jooq.TransactionProvider;
-import org.jooq.Transactional;
+import org.jooq.TransactionalCallable;
+import org.jooq.TransactionalRunnable;
import org.jooq.TruncateIdentityStep;
import org.jooq.UDT;
import org.jooq.UDTRecord;
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext implements DSLContext, Serializable {
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@Override
- public