Data are not visible at support transation block

Question

My method calls are like follow.

@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.SUPPORTS
void M1() {
   M2();
   M3();
}

@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED)    
void M2(){
   //saving x on data base
}

@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.SUPPORTS)
void M3(){
    //accessing x from data base
}

The issue is, some times value x is unavailable at method M3.

Can any body say whats the possible issue here ?

Answer 1

There are two cases in your example, result is depending on whether is transaction already started in M1 or not, let me show you how it works

public void M1() {
   //transaction doesn't exist now
   M2();
   //transaction context has been created and ended due to REQUIRED attribute
   M3(); 
   //now you see result in DB because it was commited in M2s transaction 
}

public void M1() {
   //transaction already exists from method which called M1
   M2(); 
   //joins the transactional context
   M3();  //gets attached to the same context
   // and now whole transaction gets commited and only now you can be sure that you can read from DB safely
}

I hope it's helpful for you, solution would be marking M1 REQUIRED as well.