@Test
@Transactional
public void testSave() {
User expected = createUser();
getGenericDao().currentSession().save(expected);
User actual = getUser(generatedId);
assertUsersEqual(expected,actual);
}

getGenericDao().currentSession().save(expected);

User actual = getUser(generatedId);

currentSession().setFlushMode(MANUAL);
//do saving here
currentSession().flush();

@Transactional
public void doSave(User user){
    getGenericDao().currentSession().save(user);
}

@Test
@Transactional(propagation = Propagation.NOT_SUPPORTED)
public void testSave() {
    Answer created = createAnswer();
    Long generatedId = answerService.save(created);
//at this moment answer is already in db
    Answer actual=getAnswerById(generatedId);
... }

@Autowired
    private PlatformTransactionManager platformTransactionManager;

    @Test(expected = Exception.class)
    public void testUpdate() throws Exception {
        TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(platformTransactionManager);
        transactionTemplate.setPropagationBehavior(TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRES_NEW);
        String json = ...
        transactionTemplate.execute(ts -> {
            try {
                mockMvc.perform(put(REST_URL + USER_ID)
                    .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                    .content(json))
                    .andExpect(status().isOk());
                MATCHER.assertEquals(updated, userService.get(USER_ID));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return null;
        });