CompensationHandler (IBM WebSphere Application Server, Release 8.5)

```
public interface CompensationHandler
```
A CompensationHandler provides compensation logic for the unit of work (UOW) with which the business Activity is associated.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`close(commonj.sdo.DataObject compensationData)` Invoked upon successful completion of the Business Activity, if this CompensatorHandler has been added to the business Activity context via the `UserBusinessActivity` interface and the CompensationHandler was active on completion of the Business Activity.
`void`	`compensate(commonj.sdo.DataObject compensationData)` Invoked upon unsuccessful completion, if this CompensatorHandler has been added to the business Activity context via the `UserBusinessActivity` interface and the CompensationHandler was active on completion of the Business Activity.

- Method Detail
  - close
```
void close(commonj.sdo.DataObject compensationData)
           throws RetryCompensationHandlerException,
                  CompensationHandlerFailedException
```
    Invoked upon successful completion of the Business Activity, if this CompensatorHandler has been added to the business Activity context via the UserBusinessActivity interface and the CompensationHandler was active on completion of the Business Activity. A CompensationHandler implementation must be able to tolerate this method being driven more than once during the completion or recovery of a business activity. An implementation of a CompensationHandler must not make any assumptions about the order in which CompensationHandlers are driven during the completion or recovery of a business activity.
    
    Throws:
    
    RetryCompensationHandlerException - thrown if the participant cannot process its close implementation at that time. The compensator will be retried.
    
    CompensationHandlerFailedException - thrown if the participant cannot process its close implementation due to an unrecoverable error.
  - compensate
```
void compensate(commonj.sdo.DataObject compensationData)
                throws RetryCompensationHandlerException,
                       CompensationHandlerFailedException
```
    Invoked upon unsuccessful completion, if this CompensatorHandler has been added to the business Activity context via the UserBusinessActivity interface and the CompensationHandler was active on completion of the Business Activity. A CompensationHandler implementation must be able to tolerate this method being driven more than once during the completion or recovery of a business activity. An implementation of a CompensationHandler must not make any assumptions about the order in which CompensationHandlers are driven during the completion or recovery of a business activity.
    
    Throws:
    
    RetryCompensationHandlerException - thrown if the participant cannot process its compensate implementation at that time. The compensator will be retried.
    
    CompensationHandlerFailedException - thrown if the participant cannot process its compensate implementation due to an unrecoverable error.

close

compensate