Interaction

```
public interface Interaction
```
The javax.resource.cci.Interaction enables a component to execute EIS functions. An Interaction instance supports the following ways of interacting with an EIS instance:
- execute method that takes an input Record, output Record and an InteractionSpec. This method executes the EIS function represented by the InteractionSpec and updates the output Record
- execute method that takes an input Record and an InteractionSpec. This method implementation executes the EIS function represented by the InteractionSpec and produces the output Record as a return value.
An Interaction instance is created from a Connection and is required to maintain its association with the Connection instance. The close method releases all resources maintained by the resource adapter for the Interaction. The close of an Interaction instance should not close the associated Connection instance.
Since:

0.8

See Also:

ResultSet

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`clearWarnings()` Clears all the warning reported by this Interaction instance.
`void`	`close()` Closes the current Interaction and release all the resources held for this instance by the resource adapter.
`Record`	`execute(InteractionSpec ispec, Record input)` Executes an interaction represented by the InteractionSpec.
`boolean`	`execute(InteractionSpec ispec, Record input, Record output)` Executes an interaction represented by the InteractionSpec.
`Connection`	`getConnection()` Gets the Connection associated with the Interaction.
`ResourceWarning`	`getWarnings()` Gets the first ResourceWarning from the chain of warnings associated with this Interaction instance.

- Method Detail
  - close
```
void close()
    throws ResourceException
```
    Closes the current Interaction and release all the resources held for this instance by the resource adapter. The close of an Interaction instance does not close the associated Connection instance. It is recommended that Interaction instances be closed explicitly to free any held resources.
    
    Throws:
    
    ResourceException - Failed to close the Interaction instance. Invoking close on an already closed Interaction should also throw this exception.
  - getConnection
```
Connection getConnection()
```
    Gets the Connection associated with the Interaction.
    
    Returns:
    
    Connection instance associated with the Interaction
  - execute
```
boolean execute(InteractionSpec ispec,
                Record input,
                Record output)
         throws ResourceException
```
    Executes an interaction represented by the InteractionSpec. This form of invocation takes an input Record and updates the output Record.
    Parameters:
    
    ispec - InteractionSpec representing a target EIS data/function module
    
    input - Input Record
    
    output - Output Record
    
    Returns:
    
    true if execution of the EIS function has been successful and output Record has been updated; false otherwise
    
    Throws:
    ResourceException - Exception if execute operation fails. Examples of error cases are:
    
    Resource adapter internal, EIS-specific or communication error
    Invalid specification of an InteractionSpec, input or output record structure
    Errors in use of input or output Record
    Invalid connection associated with this Interaction
    NotSupportedException - Operation not supported
  - execute
```
Record execute(InteractionSpec ispec,
               Record input)
        throws ResourceException
```
    Executes an interaction represented by the InteractionSpec. This form of invocation takes an input Record and returns an output Record if the execution of the Interaction has been successfull.
    Parameters:
    
    ispec - InteractionSpec representing a target EIS data/function module
    
    input - Input Record
    
    Returns:
    
    output Record if execution of the EIS function has been successful; null otherwise
    
    Throws:
    ResourceException - Exception if execute operation fails. Examples of error cases are:
    
    Resource adapter internal, EIS-specific or communication error
    Invalid specification of an InteractionSpec or input record structure
    Errors in use of input Record or creation of an output Record
    Invalid connection associated with this Interaction
    NotSupportedException - Operation not supported
  - getWarnings
```
ResourceWarning getWarnings()
                     throws ResourceException
```
    Gets the first ResourceWarning from the chain of warnings associated with this Interaction instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    ResourceWarning at top of the warning chain
    
    Throws:
    
    ResourceException - Failed to get ResourceWarnings associated with Interaction
  - clearWarnings
```
void clearWarnings()
            throws ResourceException
```
    Clears all the warning reported by this Interaction instance. After a call to this method, the method getWarnings will return null until a new warning is reported for this Interaction.
    
    Throws:
    
    ResourceException - Failed to clear ResourceWarnings associated with Interaction

Interface Interaction

Method Summary

Method Detail

close

getConnection

execute

execute

getWarnings

clearWarnings