"joinTransaction has been called on a resource-local EntityManager" when using EclipseLink in JBoss EAP

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • EclipseLink failure when calling joinTransaction() from business logic
... javax.persistence.TransactionRequiredException: joinTransaction has been called on a resource-local EntityManager which is unable to register for a JTA transaction.
    at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.transaction.EntityTransactionWrapper.registerIfRequired(EntityTransactionWrapper.java:91)
    at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.joinTransaction(EntityManagerImpl.java:2081)
    ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7
  • EclipseLink (as JPA provider)

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