How to execute transaction in hibernate while throwing exception

Question

I have the following method in my transactional service layer implemented with Hibernate:

@Override
public void activateAccount(String username, String activationCode)
        throws UsernameNotFoundException, AccountAlreadyActiveException,
        IncorrectActivationCodeException {
    UserAccountEntity userAccount = userAccountRepository.findByUsername(username);
    if (userAccount == null) {
        throw new UsernameNotFoundException(String.format("User %s was not found", username));
    } else if (userAccount.isExpired()) {
        userAccountRepository.delete(userAccount);
        throw new UsernameNotFoundException(String.format("User %s was not found", username)); 
    } else if (userAccount.isActive()) {
        throw new AccountAlreadyActiveException(String.format(
                "User %s is already active", username));
    }
    if (!userAccount.getActivationCode().equals(activationCode)) {
        throw new IncorrectActivationCodeException();
    }
    userAccount.activate();
    userAccountRepository.save(userAccount);
}

As you can see, in else if (userAccount.isExpired()) block, I want to first delete userAccount and then throw an exception. But as it's throwing an exception, and exiting the method abruptly, the delete is not executed.

I wonder if there is any way to persist the delete action while throwing an exception.

Answer 1

I experienced same situation too.

My solution was using Spring Security FailureHandler

with this Class, you can make actions after Failure Event.

See Here, https://www.baeldung.com/spring-security-custom-authentication-failure-handler