Transaction manager for negotiating large transactions

A computer program product for handling transactions in a transaction processing system, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a transaction request that includes information identifying computer resource requirements for the transaction, a resource policy, and a transaction failure policy;
• program instructions to determine if sufficient computer resources are available to complete the requested request based on the received information identifying computer resource requirements for the transaction request;
• program instructions, in response to determining that sufficient computer resources are not available to complete the transaction request, to apply the resource policy to the transaction request and processing the transaction request;
• program instructions to determine if the processed transaction request failed to complete successfully;
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• program instructions, in response to determining that the processed transaction request failed to complete successfully, to apply the transaction failure policy to the processed transaction request.

A computer system to handle transactions in a transaction processing system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a transaction request that includes information identifying computer resource requirements for the transaction, a resource policy, and a transaction failure policy;
• program instructions to determine if sufficient computer resources are available to complete the transaction request based on the received information identifying resource requirements for the transaction request;
• program instructions, in response to determining that sufficient computer resources are not available to complete the transaction request, to apply the resource policy to the transaction request and processing the transaction request;
• program instructions to determine if the processed transaction request failed to complete successfully;
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• program instructions, in response to determining that the processed transaction request failed to complete successfully, to apply the transaction failure policy to the processed transaction request.