4.3.2. Application Managed Entity Manager
Application-managed entity manager are always
EXTENDED. When you create an entity manager inside a transaction, the entity manager automatically join the current transaction. If the entity manager is created outside a transaction, the entity manager will queue the modification operations. When
entityManager.joinTransaction()is called when a JTA transaction is active for aJTAentity managerentityManager.getTransaction().begin()is called for aRESOURCE_LOCALentity manager
the entity manager join the transaction and all the queued operations will then be executed to synchronize the persistence context.
It is not legal to call
entityManager.joinTransaction() if no JTA transaction is involved.
