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The best way to clean up test data with Spring and Hibernate

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Demonstrates how to properly clean up test data in Spring and Hibernate integration tests by avoiding @DataJpaTest's transaction rollback approach. Instead, recommends using Hibernate's SchemaManager.truncateMappedObjects() method to truncate tables before each test, allowing service-layer transactions to commit naturally. This approach better mirrors production behavior, prevents LazyInitializationException issues, and ensures proper transaction boundary testing while maintaining clean test data between runs.

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Nov 11, 2025•7m read time•From vladmihalcea.com
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