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Document that @Transactional is not supported on test lifecycle methods

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This commit adds a tip clarifying that TestNG's @BeforeClass and
@BeforeSuite methods can not be annotated with Spring's @Transactional
annotation.

Closes: gh-456
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Adib Saikali
2014-02-05 14:12:31 -05:00
committed by Sam Brannen
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@@ -3524,6 +3524,15 @@ hierarchy runs within a transaction. Test methods that are not annotated with
Furthermore, tests that are annotated with `@Transactional` but have the `propagation`
type set to `NOT_SUPPORTED` are not run within a transaction.
[TIP]
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When using TestNG `@BeforeClass`,`@BeforeSuite` methods can not be used with the
`@Transactional` annotation, as they are considered non transactional methods by the
the spring text contetxt framework. However, you can inject a `PlatfromTransactionManager`
or a `TransactionTemplate` and use it within `@BeforeClass` method to perform a
transaction.
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Note that <<testcontext-support-classes-junit4,
`AbstractTransactionalJUnit4SpringContextTests`>> and
<<testcontext-support-classes-testng, `AbstractTransactionalTestNGSpringContextTests`>>