How to use JTA support in Tomcat 6 for Hibernate?

Question

They recommend using JTA transaction support in Java EE environment.

But how to configure JTA in Tomcat6 so that Hibernate Session could use it ?

Answer 1

If you want JTA support in Tomcat you'll need to use a standalone transaction manager like Atomikos, JOTM, Bitronix, SimpleJTA, JBossTS or GeronimoTM/Jencks. But honestly, if you're not going to handle transactions across multiple resources, then you can live without JTA (and if you really need JTA, use a full blown application server).