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A @Transactional method calls a REQUIRES_NEW method in the same class. How many transactions run?

Tests whether you catch the same self-invocation trap -- since the inner call bypasses the proxy, only one transaction runs (the outer, if any), not two, because REQUIRES_NEW on the inner method never actually triggers.

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