Patent ID: 8276141
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating selection of transaction managers for use in transactional processing, said method comprising: based on reaching a commit phase of a transaction executing within the transactional environment, determining, by a processor of the transactional environment, one or more resource types to be used by the transaction wherein a resource type describes a transactional protocol used by a resource, wherein the transactional environment includes a plurality of transaction managers, each transaction manager of the plurality of transaction managers supporting one or more resource types, and wherein at least one transaction manager of the plurality of transaction managers supports a resource type not supported by at least one other transaction manager of the plurality of transaction managers; and selecting by the processor one or more transaction managers from the plurality of transaction managers to use in completing the transaction, wherein the selecting is based on the determined one or more resource types being used by the transaction.