From: Linda DeMichiel <linda.demichiel(a)oracle.com&gt; Subject: Re: [jsr342-experts] Fwd: @Transactional feedback Date: 30 April 2012 20:00:37 GMT+01:00 To: jsr342-experts(a)javaee-spec.java.net Cc: Pete Muir <pmuir(a)bleepbleep.org.uk&gt; Hi Pete, Our proposal was for JTA transactions, not resource-local. Application-managed persistence contexts should behave as they do today -- i.e., when createEntityManager is invoked and a JTA transaction is active, the persistence provider registers for transaction synchronization notifications against the transaction. HTH, -Linda On 4/30/2012 2:26 AM, Pete Muir wrote: > Hi > > A question on @Transactional from Dan Allen, raised on the CDI EG. My expertise in @Transactional is around the > programming model, not the transaction semantics, so I wanted to get an answer from the horses mouth :-) > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Is @Transactional going to accommodate resource-local transactions or automatic enlistment for application-managed >> persistence context and data sources? >> > >