How to enforce springcache to execute before transaction manager?

[dmurat]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to force springcache aspects on service methods to execute before GrailsHibernateTransactionManager.
Is this possible to do it declaratively, or somehow through configuration?
Tnx

[dmurat]

Didn't found declarative way, but here is a workaround:

In your services
  - transactional = false
  - use @Transactional and @Cahcable as needed
 
In springcache plugin
  - in grails.plugin.springcache.aop.CachingAspect add something like this
 
    ...
    import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order
   
    @Aspect
    @Order(value=100000)  // This line is added. value can be any integer smaller then Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
    class CachingAspect implements ApplicationContextAware {
    ...
   
With all this in place, caching aspect is executed before transaction aspect.

[dmurat]

It seems that declarative way is possible after all, but it is a bit more involved.

More details, with an included patch for springcache plugin, can be found here:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GRAILSPLUGINS-2803