Transaction and self-invocation

Self invocation happens when you invoke from your bean within your bean, for example:

@Component
public class MyBean{
    
    public void executeTransactions(){   
        methodTransaction1();
        methodTransaction2();
  }
    @Transactional
    public void methodTransactionOne(){
        System.out.println("method transaction one");
   }
    @Transactional
    public void methodTransactionTwo(){
        System.out.println("method transaction two");
    }

}

The problem with the code above is that, once you are self-invoking in you own bean, the proxy is not called and therefore the transaction is not managed correctly.

To fix this problem you have to:

• Have dependency to spring-aspects
• Include aspectj-maven-plugin
• Configura support with @EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ)