# Methods

`-beginTransactionWithParent`
  Used to begin a transaction
`-beginTransactionWithParent:withSettings:`
  Used to begin a transaction
`-close`
  used to close this session.
`-defaultObjectToIdMapper`
`-graphManager`
`-sessionId`

### beginTransactionWithParent

Used to begin a transaction

See Also:

> beginTransactionWithParent:withSettings:

>     - (id <FTTransaction>) beginTransactionWithParent: (id <FTTransaction>) parentTransaction withSettings: (id <FTTransactionSettings>) transactionSettings

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `parentTransaction`
>   may be nil. If not then the specified transaction will be used as parent transaction and the new transaction will be executed as nested transaction. At present only nil values are supported.
> `transactionSettings`
>   an instance specifying settings for this transaction. At present, only nil values are supported.

method result
  underlying transaction

### beginTransactionWithParent:withSettings:

Used to begin a transaction

See Also:

> beginTransactionWithParent

>     - (id <FTTransaction>) beginTransactionWithParent: (id <FTTransaction>) parentTransaction withSettings: (id <FTTransactionSettings>) transactionSettings

##### Parameter Descriptions

> `parentTransaction`
>   may be nil. If not then the specified transaction will be used as parent transaction and the new transaction will be executed as nested transaction. At present only nil values are supported.
> `transactionSettings`
>   an instance specifying settings for this transaction. At present, only nil values are supported.

### close

used to close this session.

>     - close;

### defaultObjectToIdMapper

>     - (id <FTObjectToIdMapper>) defaultObjectToIdMapper;

method result
  return the default object to id mapper used e.g. to get id's of graphs

### graphManager

>     - (id <FTGraphManager>) graphManager;

method result
  return the manager used to fetch, create etc. graphs

### sessionId

>     - (id) sessionId;

method result
  return the id of this session

(Last Updated August 27, 2006)