Questions tagged [isolation]
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Spring @Transactional - isolation, propagation
Can someone explain what isolation & propagation parameters are for in the @Transactional annotation via real-world example?
Basically when and why I should choose to change their default values.

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How to really isolate stylesheets in the Google Chrome extension?
I wrote a Google Chrome extension, which popups a dialog with an autocomplete field and it's own style, but there are some sites where my CSS gets totally broken, which doesn't look very nice.
I know about isolating styles with iFrames, but in…

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Safe execution of untrusted Haskell code
I'm looking for a way to run an arbitrary Haskell code safely (or refuse to run unsafe code).
Must have:
module/function whitelist
timeout on execution
memory usage restriction
Capabilities I would like to see:
ability to kill thread
compiling…

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How to achieve test isolation testing Oracle PL/SQL?
In Java projects, JUnit tests do a setup, test, teardown. Even when mocking out a real db using an in-memory db, you usually rollback the transaction or drop the db from memory and recreate it between each test. This gives you test isolation since…

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Isolate execution of JavaScript
One of the limitation of JS that bugs me the most is the poor ability to isolate code's execution.
I want to be able to control the context in which the code is executed, Something that achieve a similar effect to what Script.createContext &…

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How to isolate different javascript libraries on the same page?
Suppose we need to embed a widget in third party page. This widget might use jquery for instance so widget carries a jquery library with itself.
Suppose third party page also uses jquery but a different version.
How to prevent clash between them…

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vstest.console.exe execution model and isolation behaviors
I'm trying to determine the considerations that should be made when writing tests that are going to run under vstest.console.exe.
Example 1: Let's say that I have two tests both of which rely on MyClass.Singleton.Counter having a value of zero. Now…

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Should transactions be specified outside a stored procedure or inside?
We can wrap a call to a stored procedure in a transaction and specify an isolation level.
Or we can put the transaction inside the stored procedure specify an isolation level there.
Which is it better to do?

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Isolated RazorEngine failing to pass model to different AppDomain
When I render my template without the EditHistory member, this works. However, when I add that additional member that is within my application I get an exception Could not load file or assembly 'Models, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,…

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Isolation in Vagrant vs. Docker
Why is Vagrant not considered an isolation, and Docker is, when Vagrant run a new OS and isolates everything in there? What is meant by isolation when one says: "if you're looking for isolation, use Docker"?

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@Transactional propagation on private methods
I have the following code:
@Service
public class MyService implements IMyService {
@Inject
IAnotherService anotherService;
// injects go here
// some code
@Transactional(isolation=Isolation.SERIALIZABLE)
public Result…

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How to isolate user sessions in a Java EE?
We are considering development of a mission critical application in Java EE, and one thing that really impressed me is the lack of session isolation in the platform. Let me explain the scenario.
We have a native Windows application (a complete ERP…

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Build environment isolation and file system diffing
Alright so after trying to chase down the dependencies for various pieces of software for the n-th time and replicating work that various people do for all the different linux distributions I would like to know if there is a better way of bundling…

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Pin processor CPU Isolation on Windows
In linux where I work mostly, we use a technique called CPU isolation, that effectively locks a process on to a processor and also prevents the processor from running anything else. Our kernel guys did some magic to handle the interrupts.
In…

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Deadlock on SELECT/UPDATE
I'm having a problem with deadlock on SELECT/UPDATE on SQL Server 2008.
I read answers from this thread: SQL Server deadlocks between select/update or multiple selects but I still don't understand why I get deadlock.
I have recreated the situation…

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