Issue

• ApplicationException(rollback=true) not obeyed by the EJB container

• We have stateless session bean annotated with

@Stateless(name = "ExampleService")
@Interceptors({ExampleSpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor.class,
        DebugEJBInterceptor.class}) 
@Local(ExampleServiceInt.class)
@TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED)
public class ExampleServiceEJB {
  // methods
}

• We observe the behavior, that

  • When RuntimeException is thrown from any method, stateless session bean is destroyed and transaction is rolled back
  • When an exception annotated with javax.ejb.ApplicationException(rollback=false) is thrown, rollback does not occur and bean is not destroyed
  • When an exception annotated with javax.ejb.ApplicationException(rollback=true) is thrown, rollback does not occur and bean is not destroyed

• We believe that the last point above is against the EJB 3.1 spec (section 14.2.1), which clearly states rollback should happen. We haven't found any way to do a rollback but prevent bean from destroying on exception.