What is an Event Sink?

A Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) Event Sink is a COM component (either in-process or local). This component can be installed on a computer running Microsoft Transaction Server to receive various events as they occur in the MTS run-time environment. Events received include:

• Package shutdown
• Object creation and release
• Object references, consistency, activation, and deactivation
• Method call, return, and exceptions
• Transaction startup, preparing to commit, and abort
• Resource dispenser connection, allocation, and recycling
• Thread allocation and recycling