Transaction (Debezium Connector for Oracle 1.7.1.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTransaction, InfinispanTransaction, MemoryTransaction
```
public interface Transaction
```
Contract for an Oracle transaction.

Author:

Chris Cranford

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Instant`	`getChangeTime()`	Get the time when the transaction started
`int`	`getNextEventId()`	Helper method to get the next event identifier for the transaction.
`int`	`getNumberOfEvents()`
`Scn`	`getStartScn()`	Get the system change number of when the transaction started
`String`	`getTransactionId()`	Get the transaction identifier
`void`	`start()`	Helper method that resets the event identifier back to `0`.

- Method Detail
  - getTransactionId
```
String getTransactionId()
```
    Get the transaction identifier
    
    Returns:
    
    the transaction unique identifier, never null
  - getStartScn
```
Scn getStartScn()
```
    Get the system change number of when the transaction started
    
    Returns:
    
    the system change number, never null
  - getChangeTime
```
Instant getChangeTime()
```
    Get the time when the transaction started
    
    Returns:
    
    the timestamp of the transaction, never null
  - getNumberOfEvents
```
int getNumberOfEvents()
```
  - getNextEventId
```
int getNextEventId()
```
    Helper method to get the next event identifier for the transaction.
    
    Returns:
    
    the next event identifier
  - start
```
void start()
```
    Helper method that resets the event identifier back to 0. This should be called when a transaction START event is detected in the event stream. This is required when LOB support is enabled to facilitate the re-mining of existing events.