@Transactional test does not execute all JPA lifecycle callback methods (original) (raw)

Spring Boot v2.6.4

@Transactional tests are useful to roll back any test data created during tests; however, when a Spring integration test is annotated with @Transactional the following JPA lifecycle callback methods are not executed:

• @PostPersist
• @PostLoad
• @PreUpdate
• @PostUpdate

Example project with tests demonstrating the issue here:

https://github.com/hughwphamill/transaction-test-entity-issue

I understand this is the desired behavior from a JPA perspective, but it's still undesirable from a test perspective.

@Transactional is incredibly useful in Spring integration tests to roll back test data, while exercising your whole application end to end. If your business logic uses JPA entity listeners then your application can't be properly tested in a @Transactional test.