Example for Developing EJB with CMT

For EJB applications with container-managed transactions, a basic transaction works in the following way:

  1. In the EJB's standard deployment descriptor, the EJB developer or assembler specifies the transaction type by setting the <transaction-type> tag with the value Container (for CMT).

  2. In the standard deployment descriptor, the EJB developer or assembler specifies the transaction attribute by setting the value of the <trans-attribute> tag to one of the following values: NotSupported, Required, Supports, RequiresNew, Mandatory, or Never. This tag enables you to set a default value for all methods of the entire EJB, or a value for each specific method of the EJB. Refer to the “Setting Transaction Attributes” section ...

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