Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Method and system for processing transactions using a transaction coordinator

Abstract:

Processing a transaction is disclosed including receiving a global transaction start request sent by a message sending terminal, the global transaction start request instructing that a message link-level transaction be started, assigning a unique transaction identifier to the message link-level transaction, and sending a global transaction ID to the message sending terminal, the global transaction ID including the unique transaction ID and an address of a transaction coordinator configured to coordinate the message link-level transaction.