No rollback only for transaction when exception occurs in submethod
Create another annotation, e.g. @NoRollbackTransactional, something like:
@Transactional(noRollbackFor = RuntimeException.class)public @interface NoRollbackTransactional {}And use this on your methods. On the other hand I agree with Donal's comment, you should revise your transaction scopes, imho it is generally not a good idea to call @Transactional from another @Transactional.
You may also need to turn off globalRollbackOnParticipationFailure.
I had this problem when I had an independent transaction within a surrounding transaction. When the independent transaction failed, it also failed the surrounding transaction.
Turning off the participation flag solved this for me:
<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager"> <property name="globalRollbackOnParticipationFailure" value="false" /> <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" /></bean>