Spring @Transactional annotation when using try catch block

Question

If we catch the exception in method annotated with the @Transactional annotation, will it roll back if any exception occurs?

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Answer 1

for example

class A{

    @Transactional
    public Result doStuff(){
        Result res = null;
        try {
          // do stuff 
        } catch (Exception e) {

        }
        return res ;
    }
}

If there is an exception in the method doStuff the transaction isn't rolled back.

To rollback the exception programmatically, we can do something like below.

declarative approach

@Transactional(rollbackFor={MyException1.class, MyException2.class, ....})
public Result doStuff(){
   ...
}

programmatic rollback you need to call it from TransactionAspectSupport.

public Result doStuff(){
  try {
    // business logic...
  } catch (Exception ex) {
    // trigger rollback programmatically
    TransactionAspectSupport.currentTransactionStatus().setRollbackOnly();
  }
}

You are strongly encouraged to use the `declarative approach` to `rollback` if at all possible. 
`Programmatic rollback` is available should only be used if you absolutely need it.