Question

Is there any configuration based alternative to the @Transactional annotation in Spring?

I want to keep my java classes as free from Spring as possible, i.e. as decoupled as possible from any framework.

Answer 1

Yes, using aop:config and tx:advice. For example:

<aop:config>
    <aop:pointcut id="serviceMethods"
        expression="execution(* com.package.service..*.*(..))" />

    <aop:advisor advice-ref="txAdvice" pointcut-ref="serviceMethods" />
</aop:config>

<tx:advice id="txAdvice" transaction-manager="transactionManager">
    <tx:attributes>
        <tx:method name="*" propagation="REQUIRED" />
    </tx:attributes>
</tx:advice>