ction">SystemException</a></pre>
<div class="block">Modify the timeout value that is associated with transactions started
 by the current thread with the begin method.

 <p> If an application has not called this method, the transaction
 service uses some default value for the transaction timeout.</div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>seconds</code> - The value of the timeout in seconds. If the value is zero,
        the transaction service restores the default value. If t