MTS Objects

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An MTS object is an instance of an MTS component. MTS maintains context for each object. This context, which is implicitly associated with the object, contains information about the object's execution environment, such as the identity of the object's creator and, optionally, the transaction encompassing the work of the object. The object context is similar in concept to the process context that an operating system maintains for an executing program.

An MTS object and its associated context object

An MTS object and its associated context object have corresponding lifetimes. MTS creates the context before it creates the MTS object. MTS destroys the context after it destroys the MTS object.

See Also

Application Components, MTS Component Requirements, Context Objects, asconCreatingTransactionServerObjects, Passing Object References, Deactivating Objects