transaction.test.js

var Transaction = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').Transaction;
require('./init.js');
require('should');

var db, Post, Review;

describe('transactions', function() {

  before(function(done) {
    db = getDataSource({collation: 'utf8_general_ci', createDatabase: true});
    db.once('connected', function() {
      Post = db.define('PostTX', {
        title: {type: String, length: 255, index: true},
        content: {type: String}
      }, {mysql: {engine: 'INNODB'}});
      Review = db.define('ReviewTX', {
        author: String,
        content: {type: String}
      }, {mysql: {engine: 'INNODB'}});
      Post.hasMany(Review, {as: 'reviews', foreignKey: 'postId'});
      db.automigrate(['PostTX', 'ReviewTX'], done);
    });
  });

  var currentTx;
  var hooks = [];
  // Return an async function to start a transaction and create a post
  function createPostInTx(post, timeout) {
    return function(done) {
      // Transaction.begin(db.connector, Transaction.READ_COMMITTED,
      Post.beginTransaction({
          isolationLevel: Transaction.READ_COMMITTED,
          timeout: timeout
        },
        function(err, tx) {
          if (err) return done(err);
          (typeof tx.id).should.be.eql('string');
          hooks = [];
          tx.observe('before commit', function(context, next) {
            hooks.push('before commit');
            next();
          });
          tx.observe('after commit', function(context, next) {
            hooks.push('after commit');
            next();
          });
          tx.observe('before rollback', function(context, next) {
            hooks.push('before rollback');
            next();
          });
          tx.observe('after rollback', function(context, next) {
            hooks.push('after rollback');
            next();
          });
          currentTx = tx;
          Post.create(post, {transaction: tx},
            function(err, p) {
              if (err) {
                done(err);
              } else {
                p.reviews.create({
                    author: 'John',
                    content: 'Review for ' + p.title
                  }, {transaction: tx},
                  function(err, c) {
                    done(err);
                  });
              }
            });
        });
    };
  }

  // Return an async function to find matching posts and assert number of
  // records to equal to the count
  function expectToFindPosts(where, count, inTx) {
    return function(done) {
      var options = {};
      if (inTx) {
        options.transaction = currentTx;
      }
      Post.find({where: where}, options,
        function(err, posts) {
          if (err) return done(err);
          posts.length.should.be.eql(count);
          if (count) {
            // Find related reviews
            // Please note the empty {} is required, otherwise, the options
            // will be treated as a filter
            posts[0].reviews({}, options, function(err, reviews) {
              if (err) return done(err);
              reviews.length.should.be.eql(count);
              done();
            });
          } else {
            done();
          }
        });
    };
  }

  describe('commit', function() {

    var post = {title: 't1', content: 'c1'};
    before(createPostInTx(post));

    it('should not see the uncommitted insert', expectToFindPosts(post, 0));

    it('should see the uncommitted insert from the same transaction',
      expectToFindPosts(post, 1, true));

    it('should commit a transaction', function(done) {
      currentTx.commit(function(err) {
        hooks.should.be.eql(['before commit', 'after commit']);
        done(err);
      });
    });

    it('should see the committed insert', expectToFindPosts(post, 1));

    it('should report error if the transaction is not active', function(done) {
      currentTx.commit(function(err) {
        (err).should.be.instanceof(Error);
        done();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('rollback', function() {

    var post = {title: 't2', content: 'c2'};
    before(createPostInTx(post));

    it('should not see the uncommitted insert', expectToFindPosts(post, 0));

    it('should see the uncommitted insert from the same transaction',
      expectToFindPosts(post, 1, true));

    it('should rollback a transaction', function(done) {
      currentTx.rollback(function(err) {
        hooks.should.be.eql(['before rollback', 'after rollback']);
        done(err);
      });
    });

    it('should not see the rolledback insert', expectToFindPosts(post, 0));

    it('should report error if the transaction is not active', function(done) {
      currentTx.rollback(function(err) {
        (err).should.be.instanceof(Error);
        done();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('timeout', function() {

    var post = {title: 't3', content: 'c3'};
    before(createPostInTx(post, 500));

    it('should invoke the timeout hook', function(done) {
      currentTx.observe('timeout', function(context, next) {
        next();
        // It will only proceed upon timeout
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should rollback the transaction if timeout', function(done) {
      Post.find({where: {title: 't3'}}, {transaction: currentTx},
        function(err, posts) {
          if (err) return done(err);
          posts.length.should.be.eql(0);
          done();
        });
    });

  });
});