Same way as @loonis suggested to use TransactionTemplate one may use this helper component (Kotlin):
@Component
class TransactionalUtils {
/**
* Execute any [block] of code (even private methods)
* as if it was effectively [Transactional]
*/
@Transactional
fun <R> executeAsTransactional(block: () -> R): R {
return block()
}
}
Usage:
@Service
class SomeService(private val transactionalUtils: TransactionalUtils) {
fun foo() {
transactionalUtils.executeAsTransactional { transactionalFoo() }
}
private fun transactionalFoo() {
println("This method is executed within transaction")
}
}
Don't know whether TransactionTemplate reuse existing transaction or not but this code definitely do.