Hi,

I need info on the hibernate transactions with PROPGATION_REQUIRED.

Lets say i configured my service class with

<property name="transactionAttributes">
<props>
<prop key="save*">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
<prop key="delete*">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
<prop key="submit*">PROPAGATION_REQUIRED</prop>
</props>
</property>

As far as i understood, the above lines will inject transactions for methods whose names start with save/delete/submit.

I want to know if i have a method like this:

submitEmployeeDetails() {
//some code goes here
saveDepartmentDetails();
//rest of code goes here
}


whether both the above methods will be part of single transaction or not.

Thanks in advance,

Here are few more observations related to problem i am facing.

In addition to the transaction definition as given earlier, here is the workflow

1. User enters employee details on the screen
2. User enters Department details in a popup on the screen.
3. employees details get saved using saveEmployeeDetails() method
4. after step 3, using the id generated for employee in step 3, i just invoke saveDepartment details.

Note: i am not saving the relationship, just simple call of saveorupdate(department).

5. once i re-query for the employee in the same HTTP request, the department details appear null. i.e., employee.getDepartmentDetails() ==> null

6. But if i re-query in different Http request, i am able to fetch the department details.

Can somebody please help me, what exactly is wrong here..