Using EJB and JTA for transaction management

Jakarta Transaction (formerly JTA) is an API that enables distributed transactions over the Jakarta EE environment. It is most powerful when you delegate transaction management to the server.

This recipe will show you how to do this!

Getting ready

First, add the required dependencies:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
            <version>4.3.1.Final</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.12</version...