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What is transaction self-invocation in Spring, and why is it risky?
Track: Java
Topic: Spring Core
Focus: Transactions and Proxies
Java: Transactions and Proxies
Answer
A bean calling its own transactional method can bypass the proxy that applies transaction advice.
Spring often implements transactions through proxies. If the call never crosses the proxy boundary, the transaction behavior may not run, which surprises many developers during debugging.
Spring often implements transactions through proxies. If the call never crosses the proxy boundary, the transaction behavior may not run, which surprises many developers during debugging.
Topics: Java Spring Core Transactions and Proxies