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本文主要研究一下spring事务的propagation

Propagation

org/springframework/transaction/annotation/Propagation.java

/**
 * Enumeration that represents transaction propagation behaviors for use
 * with the {@link Transactional} annotation, corresponding to the
 * {@link TransactionDefinition} interface.
 *
 * @author Colin Sampaleanu
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.2
 */
public enum Propagation {

	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, create a new one if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>This is the default setting of a transaction annotation.
	 */
	REQUIRED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED),

	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, execute non-transactionally if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p>Note: For transaction managers with transaction synchronization,
	 * {@code SUPPORTS} is slightly different from no transaction at all,
	 * as it defines a transaction scope that synchronization will apply for.
	 * As a consequence, the same resources (JDBC Connection, Hibernate Session, etc)
	 * will be shared for the entire specified scope. Note that this depends on
	 * the actual synchronization configuration of the transaction manager.
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager#setTransactionSynchronization
	 */
	SUPPORTS(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS),

	/**
	 * Support a current transaction, throw an exception if none exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 */
	MANDATORY(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_MANDATORY),

	/**
	 * Create a new transaction, and suspend the current transaction if one exists.
	 * Analogous to the EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p><b>NOTE:</b> Actual transaction suspension will not work out-of-the-box
	 * on all transaction managers. This in particular applies to
	 * {@link org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager},
	 * which requires the {@code javax.transaction.TransactionManager} to be
	 * made available to it (which is server-specific in standard Java EE).
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager#setTransactionManager
	 */
	REQUIRES_NEW(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW),

	/**
	 * Execute non-transactionally, suspend the current transaction if one exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 * <p><b>NOTE:</b> Actual transaction suspension will not work out-of-the-box
	 * on all transaction managers. This in particular applies to
	 * {@link org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager},
	 * which requires the {@code javax.transaction.TransactionManager} to be
	 * made available to it (which is server-specific in standard Java EE).
	 * @see org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager#setTransactionManager
	 */
	NOT_SUPPORTED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NOT_SUPPORTED),

	/**
	 * Execute non-transactionally, throw an exception if a transaction exists.
	 * Analogous to EJB transaction attribute of the same name.
	 */
	NEVER(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NEVER),

	/**
	 * Execute within a nested transaction if a current transaction exists,
	 * behave like {@code REQUIRED} otherwise. There is no analogous feature in EJB.
	 * <p>Note: Actual creation of a nested transaction will only work on specific
	 * transaction managers. Out of the box, this only applies to the JDBC
	 * DataSourceTransactionManager. Some JTA providers might support nested
	 * transactions as well.
	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager
	 */
	NESTED(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NESTED);


	private final int value;


	Propagation(int value) {
		this.value = value;
	}

	public int value() {
		return this.value;
	}

}

spring事务定义了Propagation枚举，主要有REQUIRED、SUPPORTS、MANDATORY、REQUIRES_NEW、NOT_SUPPORTED、NEVER、NESTED

AbstractPlatformTransactionManager

org/springframework/transaction/support/AbstractPlatformTransactionManager.java

	/**
	 * Create a TransactionStatus for an existing transaction.
	 */
	private TransactionStatus handleExistingTransaction(
			TransactionDefinition definition, Object transaction, boolean debugEnabled)
			throws TransactionException {

		if (definition.getPropagationBehavior() == TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NEVER) {
			throw new IllegalTransactionStateException(
					"Existing transaction found for transaction marked with propagation 'never'");
		}

		if (definition.getPropagationBehavior() == TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
			if (debugEnabled) {
				logger.debug("Suspending current transaction");
			}
			Object suspendedResources = suspend(transaction);
			boolean newSynchronization = (getTransactionSynchronization() == SYNCHRONIZATION_ALWAYS);
			return prepareTransactionStatus(
					definition, null, false, newSynchronization, debugEnabled, suspendedResources);
		}

		if (definition.getPropagationBehavior() == TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW) {
			if (debugEnabled) {
				logger.debug("Suspending current transaction, creating new transaction with name [" +
						definition.getName() + "]");
			}
			SuspendedResourcesHolder suspendedResources = suspend(transaction);
			try {
				boolean newSynchronization = (getTransactionSynchronization() != SYNCHRONIZATION_NEVER);
				DefaultTransactionStatus status = newTransactionStatus(
						definition, transaction, true, newSynchronization, debugEnabled, suspendedResources);
				doBegin(transaction, definition);
				prepareSynchronization(status, definition);
				return status;
			}
			catch (RuntimeException | Error beginEx) {
				resumeAfterBeginException(transaction, suspendedResources, beginEx);
				throw beginEx;
			}
		}

		if (definition.getPropagationBehavior() == TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_NESTED) {
			if (!isNestedTransactionAllowed()) {
				throw new NestedTransactionNotSupportedException(
						"Transaction manager does not allow nested transactions by default - " +
						"specify 'nestedTransactionAllowed' property with value 'true'");
			}
			if (debugEnabled) {
				logger.debug("Creating nested transaction with name [" + definition.getName() + "]");
			}
			if (useSavepointForNestedTransaction()) {
				// Create savepoint within existing Spring-managed transaction,
				// through the SavepointManager API implemented by TransactionStatus.
				// Usually uses JDBC 3.0 savepoints. Never activates Spring synchronization.
				DefaultTransactionStatus status =
						prepareTransactionStatus(definition, transaction, false, false, debugEnabled, null);
				status.createAndHoldSavepoint();
				return status;
			}
			else {
				// Nested transaction through nested begin and commit/rollback calls.
				// Usually only for JTA: Spring synchronization might get activated here
				// in case of a pre-existing JTA transaction.
				boolean newSynchronization = (getTransactionSynchronization() != SYNCHRONIZATION_NEVER);
				DefaultTransactionStatus status = newTransactionStatus(
						definition, transaction, true, newSynchronization, debugEnabled, null);
				doBegin(transaction, definition);
				prepareSynchronization(status, definition);
				return status;
			}
		}

		// Assumably PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS or PROPAGATION_REQUIRED.
		if (debugEnabled) {
			logger.debug("Participating in existing transaction");
		}
		if (isValidateExistingTransaction()) {
			if (definition.getIsolationLevel() != TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_DEFAULT) {
				Integer currentIsolationLevel = TransactionSynchronizationManager.getCurrentTransactionIsolationLevel();
				if (currentIsolationLevel == null || currentIsolationLevel != definition.getIsolationLevel()) {
					Constants isoConstants = DefaultTransactionDefinition.constants;
					throw new IllegalTransactionStateException("Participating transaction with definition [" +
							definition + "] specifies isolation level which is incompatible with existing transaction: " +
							(currentIsolationLevel != null ?
									isoConstants.toCode(currentIsolationLevel, DefaultTransactionDefinition.PREFIX_ISOLATION) :
									"(unknown)"));
				}
			}
			if (!definition.isReadOnly()) {
				if (TransactionSynchronizationManager.isCurrentTransactionReadOnly()) {
					throw new IllegalTransactionStateException("Participating transaction with definition [" +
							definition + "] is not marked as read-only but existing transaction is");
				}
			}
		}
		boolean newSynchronization = (getTransactionSynchronization() != SYNCHRONIZATION_NEVER);
		return prepareTransactionStatus(definition, transaction, false, newSynchronization, debugEnabled, null);
	}

AbstractPlatformTransactionManager的handleExistingTransaction方法对各个传播级别进行了处理，比如针对PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW，它会执行suspend当前事务，然后newTransactionStatus

小结

spring事务提供了各种传播级别可以设置，它主要是为了方便处理事务嵌套的场景，可以支持里外共用一个事务，或者里头新开事务等等，这样子可以解决里外重复开事务等问题。但是这个用多了也要注意，在调用的时候需要设置什么传播级别。其实其他语言可能没有事务传播这一说，一般就是尽量把代码写简单点，少用事务嵌套。