For the latest stable version, please use Spring Framework 6.2.0!

Further Resources

For more information about the Spring Framework’s transaction support, see:

  • Distributed transactions in Spring, with and without XA is a JavaWorld presentation in which Spring’s David Syer guides you through seven patterns for distributed transactions in Spring applications, three of them with XA and four without.

  • Java Transaction Design Strategies is a book available from InfoQ that provides a well-paced introduction to transactions in Java. It also includes side-by-side examples of how to configure and use transactions with both the Spring Framework and EJB3.