JTA specifies standard Java interfaces between a transaction manager and the parties involved in a distributed transaction system: the resource manager, the application server, and the transactional applications.

Les éléments d'une implémentation JTA : Application, Application server, Transaction manager (TM), Resource adapter, Resource manager (RM).

Voir:

• JTA API Specifications
• Understanding JTA—the Java Transaction API
• DTP
• XA