Multiple transaction managers with @Transactional annotation

Question

1. We have base generic manager which is inherited by all managers. Base manager is annotated with @Transactional annotations.

2. There are 2 groups of t

Answer 1

I guess you can define @Transactional at class-level

@Service
@Transactional(readOnly = false, value="txManager2") 
class BillingManagerImpl ....

Answer 2

There is the possibility to create your own annotations as shortcuts for @Transactional(value="tx1"). (These can be used at class or method level)

from the reference documentation:

For example, defining the following annotations

@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Transactional("order")
public @interface OrderTx {
}

@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Transactional("account")
public @interface AccountTx {
}  

allows us to write the example from the previous section as

public class TransactionalService {

    @OrderTx
    public void setSomething(String name) { ... }

    @AccountTx
    public void doSomething() { ... }
  }