Apache Camel Developer's Cookbook

Using transactions with a database

This recipe will show you how to set up transaction management over a database used from a Camel route. It will also detail the transaction propagation behaviors that you can use to combine both transactional and non-transactional database interactions.

Getting ready

The Java code for this recipe is located in the org.camelcookbook.transactions.databasetransaction package. The Spring XML files are located under src/main/resources/META-INF/spring and prefixed with databaseTransaction.

As discussed in the Introduction section, Camel's transaction handling relies on Spring's PlatformTransactionManager abstraction. Therefore, it is necessary to include the appropriate dependency in your application regardless of whether ...