# JTX overview

*Jodd* provides great, little, stand-alone transaction manager, *JTX*. It is a significant change in traditional thinking, since no (j2ee) application server is required; *JTX* may be used in any Java code.

*JTX* is built to be roughly similar to **JTA** up to certain point; but without complexity. It's goal is to works well with every-day web/desktop applications; not to manage heavy-weight requirements such as transactions across multiple domains, etc.

In a nutshell *JTX* provides a transaction model that supports transaction demarcation over any number of resources - of any kind. Of course, the emphasis is put on database transactions; there is a layer built on top of *JTX* to integrate it well with *Db* and *Proxetta* frameworks. *JTX* may be used programmatically through simple API or declaratively using annotations.

### JTX in action

A picture is worth a thousand words, a good code example even more;) Here is one real-life example how *JTX* is used declaratively.

```java
    ...
    @Transaction
    public String view() {
        // read data db
        return result;
    }

    @ReadWriteTransaction
    public void store(int id) {
        // save data to db
    }

    @Transaction(propagation=PROPAGATION_REQUIRED, readOnly=false, timeout=100)
    public void update(int id) {
        // save data to db
    }
    ...
```

Cool, isn't it:) This example already shows several *JTX* features, like using custom annotations, but its definitely not the only way how *JTX* can be used.

Following *JTX* pages explains the concept behind the framework and its usage.