PAPatrick A. Nobletinblog.noblet.tech·Dec 14, 2025 · 8 min readHow Transactions Work in Spring: Understanding @Transactional Through AOPThis article applies concepts from the Spring AOP series to understand how @Transactional actually works under the hood. TL;DR @Transactional is not magic. It's a Spring AOP aspect that wraps your method in transaction logic. Spring starts a transac...00
PAPatrick A. Nobletinblog.noblet.tech·Dec 14, 2025 · 13 min readSpring AOP Explained (Part 3): Debugging, Ordering, and Best PracticesThis is Part 3 of a 3-part series on Spring AOP: Part 1: Understanding the Proxy Model Part 2: The 5 Gotchas That Cause Production Bugs Part 3: Debugging, Ordering, and Best Practices (you are here) TL;DR Control aspect execution order with @Or...00
PAPatrick A. Nobletinblog.noblet.tech·Dec 14, 2025 · 11 min readSpring AOP Explained (Part 2): The 5 Gotchas That Cause Production BugsThis is Part 2 of a 3-part series on Spring AOP: Part 1: Understanding the Proxy Model Part 2: The 5 Gotchas That Cause Production Bugs (you are here) Part 3: Debugging, Ordering, and Best Practices TL;DR Spring AOP silently fails on private, f...00
PAPatrick A. Nobletinblog.noblet.tech·Dec 14, 2025 · 10 min readSpring AOP Explained (Part 1): Understanding the Proxy ModelThis is Part 1 of a 3-part series on Spring AOP: Part 1: Understanding the Proxy Model (you are here) Part 2: The 5 Gotchas That Cause Production Bugs Part 3: Debugging, Ordering, and Best Practices TL;DR Spring AOP uses runtime proxies to inte...00
PAPatrick A. Nobletinblog.noblet.tech·Dec 13, 2025 · 8 min readSpring AOP Explained: What Aspects Are, How They Work, and How to Use ThemTL;DR The Concept: AOP is essentially "middleware" for method calls. It lets you run common logic (logging, transactions, security) before or after methods without modifying the business code. The Mechanism: Spring doesn't change your code. Instead...00
