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`@Transactional` isolation and `readOnly`: what do they really mean?

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#spring#transactions#isolation#readonly
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Answer

`isolation` maps to the database isolation level (how concurrent reads/writes interact). `readOnly = true` is usually a hint for the framework/driver to optimize, but it does not automatically prevent writes in all cases. Also remember: `@Transactional` works via proxies, so it won’t apply on self-invocation.

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