transaction: add a validation stage

The 'transaction' object can now be fed a 'validator' function. This function
will be run right before the transaction is closed to validate its content. The
target usage is hooks. The validation function is expected to raise an exception
when it wants to abort the transaction.

This only introduce the idea with a default no-op validator. Actual usage is in
the next changeset.

mercurial/transaction.py

@@ -83,7 +83,7 b' def _playback(journal, report, opener, v'
 
 class transaction(object):
     def __init__(self, report, opener, vfsmap, journalname, undoname=None,
-                 after=None, createmode=None):
+                 after=None, createmode=None, validator=None):
         """Begin a new transaction
 
         Begins a new transaction that allows rolling back writes in the event of
@@ -107,6 +107,12 b' class transaction(object):'
         self.journal = journalname
         self.undoname = undoname
         self._queue = []
+        # A callback to validate transaction content before closing it.
+        # should raise exception is anything is wrong.
+        # target user is repository hooks.
+        if validator is None:
+            validator = lambda tr: None
+        self.validator = validator
         # a dict of arguments to be passed to hooks
         self.hookargs = {}
         self.file = opener.open(self.journal, "w")
@@ -378,6 +384,7 b' class transaction(object):'
     def close(self):
         '''commit the transaction'''
         if self.count == 1:
+            self.validator(self)  # will raise exception if needed
             self._generatefiles()
             categories = sorted(self._finalizecallback)
             for cat in categories: