Transaction Management - OIM API

Question

We wanted to know how to handle transaction from OIMClient, when we make OIM API call.
eg:
from a java client, we invoke create organization and provision resource to that organization.
i.e we end up calling two OIM api calls
1)
    organizationManager.create(organizationObj);
2)
tcOrganizationOperationsIntf.provisionObject(orgKey,resourceKey);
Now, if 2nd one fails, then transaction should be rolled back and organization create should be rolled back. we wanted single unit of work to be achieved.
how can this be achieved?
how do we control transaction from OIMClient/API?
public String createOrganization(OrganizationVO ovo) {
  String result = "";
  OrganizationManager omgr = null; // OIMClient API
  Organization org = null; // OIMClient API
  try { 
  omgr=ULMServiceLocator.getInstance().getOrganizationManager();
  org = new Organization();
  org.setAttribute("Organization Name", ovo.getOrgName());
  org.setAttribute("Organization Customer Type", ovo.getOrgType());
  result = omgr.create(org);
  tcUtilityFactory ioutilityFactory = ULMServiceLocator.getInstance().getcUtilityFactory();
  //TODO
  tcOrganizationOperationsIntf utilityFactory1 = (tcOrganizationOperationsIntf) ioutilityFactory
  .getUtility("Thor.API.Operations.tcOrganizationOperationsIntf");
  long l1 = utilityFactory1.provisionObject(Long.parseLong(result),
  123l);
  } catch (oracle.jrf.UnknownPlatformException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
  } catch (Exception e) {
  // TODO Auto-generated catch block
  e.printStackTrace();
  return result;

Answer 1

Hi Abhay,
<b>If there is another way to add a record to Main table and Lookup/Qualified/Hierarchy table simultaneously then there is no need of Transaction.</b>
There are no direct methods currently(as of MDM 5.5SP3) available in MDM API.
You have to build your own logic to implement.
Regarding the Transaction management, I guess you are talking aboout two phase commit scenarios. I would say you can achieve this using EJB's in which u write the business logic (In this case the MDM API code).
For Example:
Adding a record to Main table,
Let say 2 fields
1. Free text field.
Its straight forward method, use A2iFiled object and assign some value to it.
2. Lookup field.
For this.
First get the Record id for the value, which you are trying to add, from the lookup table.
If the lookup table does not find the value in the table, it return zero or some negative value(which I am not sure).
Based on the return value you can add the value into the lookup table and then into the main table.
Just putting a sample scenario. Hope this helps.
Thanks and regards
Subbu