IObjectContext::DisableCommit method (comsvcs.h)

Declares that the object's transactional updates are in an inconsistent state and cannot be committed in their present state.

Syntax

HRESULT DisableCommit();

Return value

This method can return the following values.

Return code	Description
S_OK	The method completed successfully. The object's transactional updates cannot be committed until the object calls either EnableCommit or SetComplete.
E_UNEXPECTED	An unexpected error occurred. This can happen if one object passes its IObjectContext pointer to another object and the other object calls DisableCommit using this pointer. An IObjectContext pointer is not valid outside the context of the object that originally obtained it.
CONTEXT_E_NOCONTEXT	The current object does not have a context associated with it. This is probably because it was not created with one of the COM+ CreateInstance methods.

Remarks

You can use the DisableCommit method to prevent a transaction from committing prematurely between method calls in a stateful object. When an object invokes DisableCommit, it indicates that its work is inconsistent and that it cannot complete its work until it receives further method invocations from the client. It also indicates that it needs to maintain its state to perform that work. This prevents COM+ from deactivating the object and reclaiming its resources on return from a method call. When an object has called DisableCommit, if a client attempts to commit the transaction before the object has called EnableCommit or SetComplete, the transaction aborts.

For example, suppose you have a GeneralLedger component that updates a database. A client makes multiple calls to a GeneralLedger object to post entries to various accounts. There's an integrity constraint that says the debits must equal the credits when the final method invocation returns, or the transaction must abort. The GeneralLedger object has an initialization method in which the client informs it of the sequence of calls the client is going to make, and the GeneralLedger object calls DisableCommit. The object maintains its state between calls so that, after the final call in the sequence is made, the object can make sure the integrity constraint is satisfied before allowing its work to be committed.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	comsvcs.h

See also

IObjectContext