1.10. Locking
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## 1.10. Locking

1.10.1. What types of locking does Kodo provide?
1.10.2. Which kind of locking should I use for my application?
1.10.3. Why do I get optimistic exceptions even though I am using pessimistic transactions?

1.10.1. | What types of locking does Kodo provide?
| Kodo provides support for both datastore locking and optimistic. Datastore locking is implemented using pessimistic database operations that acquire locks on all objects that are retrieved in a transaction. Optimistic locking, on the other hand, will verify that no other transaction has modified any of the objects at commit time, and throw an exception if the object has been changed. Advanced users can get more fine-grained control over locking using Kodo's object locking APIs. See Section 9.4, “Object Locking”.
1.10.2. | Which kind of locking should I use for my application?
| The answer depends greatly on the type of application you are developing. The advantage of using pessimistic locking is that the application does not need to worry about any locking violations at commit time, but at the cost of potentially introducing serious locking contention into your application. The advantage of using optimistic locking is that it can be much faster and makes more efficient use of database connections, since it does not necessarily need to hold open a single connection for the duration of a transaction. The primary disadvantage of optimistic locking is that the application must catch lock violation exceptions at commit time and take the appropriate actions upon failure (such as re-trying the operation, or telling the user a violation has occurred). Advanced users who want something between these extremes can use Kodo's fine-grained object locking APIs, detailed in Section 9.4, “Object Locking”.
1.10.3. | Why do I get optimistic exceptions even though I am using pessimistic transactions?
| If your objects have an optimistic version indicator, then Kodo will still perform optimistic locking logic even if you are using pessimistic transactions. This is so that you can mix optimistic and pessimistic transactions over the life cycle of your application.

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