Spring multiple transaction managers, single transaction

Question

I have a complex situation where I have to use 2 different databases, there for I use 2 different transaction managers. Is there a way in Spring to link these transaction ma

Answer 1

You need a global transaction manager which supports 2-phase-commit (XA). Several independent and free ones are available. I've used Bitronix in a Spring-based project, but there is also Atomikos, and probably others. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Transaction_API#Opensource_JTA_implementations