PI54151: Unable to find the @Transactional annotation

8.5.5.9: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 9
8.5.5.10: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 10
8.5.5.11: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 11
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8.5.5.13: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 13
8.5.5.14: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 14
8.5.5.15: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 15
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8.5.5.20: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5.20
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8.5.5.19: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 19
8.5.5.16: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Fix Pack 16
8.5.5.21: WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5.21

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The @Transactional annotation is indicated in Stereotype.
  The
  following Exception can occur when a CDI managed bean method
  is
  called (it is added to the Stereotype).  According to the
  CDI
  1.1 spec, the CDI interceptor binding can be used in
  Stereotype. @Transactional is a CDI Interceptor binding.
  
  java.lang.Exception: Can't find @Transactional annotation in
  AroundInvoke for TxType.REQUIRED
  at
  com.ibm.tx.jta.cdi.interceptors.Required.required(Required.j
  ava:
  35)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native
  Method)
  at
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAcce
  ssor
  Impl.java:95)
  at
  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMe
  thod
  AccessorImpl.java:55)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of declarative Contexts and           *
  *                  Dependency Injection (CDI) transactions on  *
  *                  IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty    *
  *                  Profile 8.5.5.6 upwards                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: "Can't find @Transactional annotation   *
  *                      in AroundInvoke" exception when nesting *
  *                      CDI transactional interceptors within   *
  *                      @Stereotype annotations                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If a bean is annotated with an @Stereotype which contains an
  @Transactional annotation, the @Transactional interceptor code
  will fail to locate the binding.  This will cause an exception
  to be raised with an error message stating "Can't find
  @Transactional annotation in AroundInvoke".
  

Problem conclusion

• The @Transactional interceptor code did not check through the
  tree of stereotypes attached to a bean to see if any of those
  stereotypes contained an interceptor binding. The code has been
  altered to traverse stereotypes and look for @Transactional
  annotations.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in fix
  pack 8.5.5.9.  Please refer to the Recommended Updates page for
  delivery information:
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
  

Temporary fix

• Currently, the only available workaround is to avoid using
  stereotypes to attach @Transactional interceptor bindings to a
  class, and to instead attach the @Transactional annotation
  directly.
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LIBERTY PROFILE

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0814

Applicable component levels

• R855 PSY

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