Support @Rollback at the class level [SPR-13276]

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Sam Brannen opened SPR-13276 and commented

@Rollback is currently supported on test methods, with class-level rollback settings configured via @TransactionConfiguration.

Allowing @Rollback to be declared on test classes with method-level declarations overriding class-level declarations would prove more intuitive than having to declare @TransactionConfiguration and @Rollback. Furthermore, the transactionManager flag in @TransactionConfiguration was made superfluous many years ago with the introduction of support for a qualifier in @Transactional (which is also supported by the TestContext framework).

See also: #17868

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Issue Links:

• Deprecate @TransactionConfiguration in favor of @Rollback and @Transactional qualifiers [SPR-13277] #17868 Deprecate @TransactionConfiguration in favor of @Rollback and @Transactional qualifiers ("is depended on by")

Referenced from: commits 3f8b512, c4bbc9d

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Sam Brannen commented

Completed in GitHub commit 3f8b512:

Support @Rollback on classes & deprecate @TxConfig

Since Spring Framework 2.5, @Rollback has been supported on test
methods, with class-level rollback settings configured via
@TransactionConfiguration; however, allowing @Rollback to be declared
on test classes with method-level declarations overriding class-level
declarations would prove more intuitive than having to declare both
@TransactionConfiguration and @Rollback. Furthermore, the
transactionManager flag in @TransactionConfiguration was made
superfluous many years ago with the introduction of support for a
qualifier in @Transactional.

This commit enables @Rollback to be declared at the class level for
default rollback semantics within test class hierarchies and deprecates
@TransactionConfiguration in favor of @Rollback and @Transactional
qualifiers.