I molded this into a mini blog. Pete, if you are interested, feel free to post this as it will likely solve a wider misunderstanding from going around:<div><br></div><div><div>"A standard, universal @Transactional annotation is coming in Java EE 7. However, there are some important things to keep in mind:</div>
<div><br></div><div>- @Transactional *is* being developed as a revision to the JTA spec (as an MR)</div><div>- @Transactional *is not* being developed by the CDI EG, nor will it be in the CDI spec</div><div>- Feedback on @Transactional should be sent to the Java EE platform EG *not* to the CDI EG. The platform EG is conducting the revision to the JTA spec.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Java EE does not recognize a Servlet container as a compliant environment and therefore this feature will not be available there by default (mainly due to the absence of JTA in this environemnt).</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, to bridge the divide, Weld and OpenWebBeans will both likely offer support for @Transactional in a Servlet environment since we acknowledge that it *is* important, and is an environment preferred by many developers (but we still strongly urge you to migrate to the web profile!!)."</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Dan</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 04:55, Pete Muir <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pmuir@redhat.com" target="_blank">pmuir@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Just to be 100% clear, as there is a lot of confusion around this topic.<br>
<br>
* @Transactional *IS NOT* being developed by the CDI EG nor will it be in the CDI spec<br>
* @Transactional *IS* being developed as a revision to the JTA spec (as a MR IIRC, but that was not my/our decision to make)<br>
* Feedback on @Trasnactional should be sent to the Java EE platform EG NOT to the CDI EG. The platform EG is conducting the revision to the JTA spec.<br>
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HTH!<br>
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On 30 Apr 2012, at 09:19, Pete Muir wrote:<br>
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><br>
> On 29 Apr 2012, at 23:12, Dan Allen wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Am I correct in saying that the annotation will control JTA<br>
><br>
> Yes, this will be an amendment to the JTA spec AIUI. So back where it belongs!<br>
><br>
>> and work in either of the two profiles (web and full)?<br>
><br>
> We haven't discussed this, but I'm assuming both. I will raise this.<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> Btw, Java EE does not recognize a Servlet container as a compliant environment and therefore this feature will not be available there (without special support for it).<br>
><br>
> Correct. Main obstacle is actually a lack of JTA there, rather than the declarative control… But I think OWB and Weld will both offer something here as we all regard it as important!<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> I agree with this stance since the web profile should be recognized as the low end environment. Otherwise there is not enough core services to provide a dependable and portable programming model. If you (general audience) want to use a Servlet container, you aren't using Java EE and will have to supplement with addons like CDI extensions or Spring.<br>
>><br>
>> -Dan<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Sent from my CyanogenMod-powered<br>
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>> carriers, developers and consumers.<br>
>><br>
>> On Apr 27, 2012 4:54 AM, "Pete Muir" <<a href="mailto:pmuir@redhat.com">pmuir@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Java EE 7 will include @Transactional. This will be provided by the Java EE platform, rather than CDI specifically. It will be a CDI interceptor, and so enabled as other CDI interceptors are.<br>
>><br>
>> On 24 Apr 2012, at 09:10, Hantsy Bai wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Hi,<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have read some content about the spec 1.1, but I want to know if there<br>
>>> is a plan to provide a new transaction annotation...for EBJ or none EJB<br>
>>> proramming.<br>
>>><br>
>>> For example, provide a @Transactional annotation like Seam2 or Spring<br>
>>> 3.1...and make it work in Servlet container(none JTA transation, jdbc<br>
>>> only) or full profile container such as JBoss, Glassfish(JTA transaction<br>
>>> by default) seamlessly.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Automatically detect the Transaction will be used, or configure in<br>
>>> beans.xml file.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards<br>
>>> Hantsy<br>
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