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Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla
Book Image

Java 11 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Nick Samoylov, Mohamed Sanaulla

Overview of this book

For more than three decades, Java has been on the forefront of developing robust software that has helped versatile businesses meet their requirements. Being one of the most widely used programming languages in history, it’s imperative for Java developers to discover effective ways of using it in order to take full advantage of the power of the latest Java features. Java 11 Cookbook offers a range of software development solutions with simple and straightforward Java 11 code examples to help you build a modern software system. Starting with the installation of Java, each recipe addresses various problem by explaining the solution and offering insights into how it works. You’ll explore the new features added to Java 11 that will make your application modular, secure, and fast. The book contains recipes on functional programming, GUI programming, concurrent programming, and database programming in Java. You’ll also be taken through the new features introduced in JDK 18.3 and 18.9. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with the skills required to write robust, scalable, and optimal Java code effectively.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Using transactions


In this recipe, you will learn what a database transaction is and how it can be used in Java code.

Getting ready

A transaction is a unit of work that includes one or many operations that change data. If successful, all the data changes are committed (applied to the database). If one of the operations errors out, the transaction is rolled back, and none of the changes included in the transaction will be applied to the database.

Transaction properties are set up on the Connection object. They can be changed without closing the connection, so different transactions can reuse the same Connection object.

JDBC allows transaction control only for CRUD operations. Table modification (CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE, and so on) is committed automatically and cannot be controlled from the Java code.

By default, a CRUD operation transaction is set to be auto-committed. This means that every data change that was introduced by a SQL statement is applied to the database as soon as the execution...