Spring #Transactional method with save() command - spring

Question

please can somebody help me?
I have experience with JPA, but not so with Spring, that hides many aspects, that are visible in JPA (for example Hibernate implementation).
Often I was used to work in JPA in this mode (one global transaction) - I will try to explain on saving header (method_A) and its items (method_B) - with result in posting all or nothing. I would like to reach this effect via Spring persistence. I know, that method with #Transactional annotation gets the session from outside, if this exists. My problem is, that I think, that the nested implemented save() method of default Spring repository interface (CrudRepository for example) will open its own transaction anyway - and this is, what I don't want - simply I need to force this save() method to get it from outside. And so I am not sure, if only #Transactional annotation is enough to force this behavior.
This is my JPA code, that works properly in Hibernate:
root_method() {
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();
method_A(session);
tx.commit();
}
method_A(Session session) {
Header header = new Header();
session.save(header);
for (Item item : getJustAllocatedItems()) {
item.setHeader(header);
method_B(session, item);
}
}
method_B(Session session, Item item) {
session.save(item);
}
I am sorry, that this is not pure Java, but for explanation purposes I hope it is enough. I will try to mirror Spring code in brute form:
#Transactional
root_method() {
// ... root_method should make overal transaction frame on background (I suppose, that root_method is not called from another method with #Transactional ann.)
method_A();
}
#Transactional
method_A() {
Header header = new Header();
headerRepository.save(header);
for (Item item : getJustAllocatedItems()) {
item.setHeader(header);
method_B(item);
}
}
#Transactional
method_B(Item item) {
itemRepository.save(item);
}
... so I do not think, that save() methods of repositories (in both A and B method) will receive and use transaction from outside - am I right? - and if it is so, please can somebody interpret my JPA code from first part to appropriate Spring representation. Thanks so much.

Answer 1

If you call repository method without transaction, then repository
will create transaction:
Creating new transaction with name [org...SimpleJpaRepository.save]
Committing JPA transaction on EntityManager
If you use transactional annotation (Note that it should be in separate service), then save will reuse transaction:
Creating new transaction with name [com...HeaderService.createHeader]
Committing JPA transaction on EntityManager
Please note, mathods, annotated with #Transactional, should be in different classes (or you should autowire current class using setter). Then Spring will be able to use proxy. Spring wraps service with #Transactional annoaions into proxy.
Enable jpa logging:
logging.level.org.springframework.orm.jpa=DEBUG
logging.level.org.springframework.transaction=DEBUG
This is example implementation of your classes hierarcy:
#Service
#AllArgsConstructor
public class HeaderService {
HeaderRepository headerRepository;
ItemService itemService;
#Transactional
public void methodA() {
Header header = new Header();
headerRepository.save(header);
for (Item item : getJustAllocatedItems()) {
item.setHeader(header);
itemService.methodB(item);
}
}
}
#Service
#AllArgsConstructor
public class ItemService {
ItemRepository itemRepository;
#Transactional
void methodB(item) {
itemRepository.save(item);
}
}
public interface HeaderRepository extends CrudRepository<Header, Long> { }
public interface ItemRepository extends CrudRepository<Item, Long> { }