Java Connection setTransactionIsolation() method with example

Arushi

Answered 31m 48s ago

In a database system where more than one transaction is being executed simultaneously and in parallel, the property of isolation states that all the transactions will be carried out and executed as if it is the only transaction in the system. No transaction will affect the existence of any other transaction.

JDBC provides support 5 transaction isolation levels through Connection interface.

• TRANSACTION_NONE: It is represented by integer value 0 does not support transactions.
• TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED: It is represented by integer value 2 supports transactions allowing Non-Repeatable Reads and, Phantom Reads.
• TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED: It is represented by integer value 1 supports transactions allowing Dirty Reads, Non-Repeatable Reads and, Phantom Reads.
• TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ: It is represented by integer value 4 supports transactions allowing only Phantom Reads.
• TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE: It is represented by integer value 8 supports transactions without allowing Dirty Reads, Non-Repeatable Reads and, Phantom Reads.

The setTransactionIsolation() method of the Connection interface is used to change the transaction isolation level for the current connection.

Parameters

This method accepts an integer value representing one of the 5 transaction isolation levels.

Example

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class Connection_setTransactionIsolation {
   public static void main(String args[]) throws SQLException {
      //Registering the Driver
      DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
      //Getting the connection
      String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydatabase";
      Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "root", "password");
      System.out.println("Connection established......");
      //Retrieving the transaction isolation level
      con.setTransactionIsolation(Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED);
      int transactionIsoltionLevel = con.getTransactionIsolation();
      System.out.println("Transaction isolation level of the underlying
         database is: "+transactionIsoltionLevel);
   }
}

Output

Connection established......
Transaction isolation level of the underlying database is: 1