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 *
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 */

package javax.jms;

/** An <CODE>XATopicSession</CODE> provides a regular <CODE>TopicSession</CODE>.
  * which can be used to create <CODE>TopicSubscriber</CODE> and 
  * <CODE>TopicPublisher</CODE> objects (optional).
  *
  * <P>The <CODE>XATopicSession</CODE> interface is optional.  JMS providers 
  * are not required to support this interface. This interface is for 
  * use by JMS providers to support transactional environments. 
  * Client programs are strongly encouraged to use the transactional support
  * available in their environment, rather than using these XA
  * interfaces directly. 
  *
  * @see         javax.jms.XASession
  * @see         javax.jms.TopicSession
  */

public interface XATopicSession extends XASession {

   /** Gets the topic session associated with this <CODE>XATopicSession</CODE>.
   *   
   * @return the topic session object
   *   
   * @exception JMSException if an internal error occurs.
   */
   public TopicSession getTopicSession() throws JMSException;
}
