Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData; import java.sql.DriverManager; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Connection conn = getHSQLConnection(); DatabaseMetaData meta = conn.getMetaData(); int txisolation = meta.getDefaultTransactionIsolation(); System.out.println("Database default transaction isolation is " + txisolation + " (" + transactionIsolationToString(txisolation) + ")."); conn.close(); } /** * Convert a TransactionIsolation int (defined in java.sql.Connection) to * the corresponding printable string. */ public static String transactionIsolationToString(int txisolation) { switch (txisolation) { case Connection.TRANSACTION_NONE: // transactions not supported. return "TRANSACTION_NONE"; case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED: // All three phenomena can occur return "TRANSACTION_NONE"; case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED: // Dirty reads are prevented; non-repeatable reads and // phantom reads can occur. return "TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED"; case Connection.TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ: // Dirty reads and non-repeatable reads are prevented; // phantom reads can occur. return "TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ"; case Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE: // All three phenomena prvented; slowest! return "TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE"; default: throw new IllegalArgumentException(txisolation + " not a valid TX_ISOLATION"); } } private static Connection getHSQLConnection() throws Exception { Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); String url = "jdbc:hsqldb:data/tutorial"; return DriverManager.getConnection(url, "sa", ""); } }