Probably no good reason; i.e. BatchModeTransactionManager is relatively newer so the habit was to use Dummy. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4040307#4040307 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4040307