Interface TransactionManagementConfigurer


public interface TransactionManagementConfigurer
Interface to be implemented by @Configuration classes annotated with @EnableTransactionManagement that wish to (or need to) explicitly specify the default PlatformTransactionManager bean (or ReactiveTransactionManager bean) to be used for annotation-driven transaction management, as opposed to the default approach of a by-type lookup. One reason this might be necessary is if there are two PlatformTransactionManager beans (or two ReactiveTransactionManager beans) present in the container.

See @EnableTransactionManagement for general examples and context; see annotationDrivenTransactionManager() for detailed instructions.

Note that in by-type lookup disambiguation cases, an alternative approach to implementing this interface is to simply mark one of the offending PlatformTransactionManager @Bean methods (or ReactiveTransactionManager @Bean methods) as @Primary. This is even generally preferred since it doesn't lead to early initialization of the TransactionManager bean.

Since:
3.1
Author:
Chris Beams
See Also:
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Return the default transaction manager bean to use for annotation-driven database transaction management, i.e.
  • Method Details

    • annotationDrivenTransactionManager

      TransactionManager annotationDrivenTransactionManager()
      Return the default transaction manager bean to use for annotation-driven database transaction management, i.e. when processing @Transactional methods.

      There are two basic approaches to implementing this method:

      1. Implement the method and annotate it with @Bean

      In this case, the implementing @Configuration class implements this method, marks it with @Bean, and configures and returns the transaction manager directly within the method body:
       @Bean
       @Override
       public PlatformTransactionManager annotationDrivenTransactionManager() {
           return new DataSourceTransactionManager(dataSource());
       }

      2. Implement the method without @Bean and delegate to another existing @Bean method

       @Bean
       public PlatformTransactionManager txManager() {
           return new DataSourceTransactionManager(dataSource());
       }
      
       @Override
       public PlatformTransactionManager annotationDrivenTransactionManager() {
           return txManager(); // reference the existing @Bean method above
       }
      If taking approach #2, be sure that only one of the methods is marked with @Bean!

      In either scenario #1 or #2, it is important that the PlatformTransactionManager instance is managed as a Spring bean within the container since most PlatformTransactionManager implementations take advantage of Spring lifecycle callbacks such as InitializingBean and BeanFactoryAware. Note that the same guidelines apply to ReactiveTransactionManager beans.

      Returns:
      a PlatformTransactionManager or ReactiveTransactionManager implementation