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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T06:33:57+00:00 2026-06-04T06:33:57+00:00

I’m trying to get this JPA + EJB + Facelets example running in TomEE

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I’m trying to get this JPA + EJB + Facelets example running in TomEE Web Profile.
Because the sample uses EclipseLink, I downloaded EclipseLink and copied eclipselink/jlib/eclipselink.jar into the TomEE/lib directory.

Question 1: Is this the only file I need to copy over?

I have a number of Entity classes, one JSF SessionScoped ManagedBean to serve web requests, one Stateful EJB to handle database requests, and one more EJB that loads data into the database on start-up.

Code snippets of the ManagedBean and Stateful EJB are below:

@Singleton
@Startup
public class ConfigBean {
    @EJB
    private RequestBean request;

    @PostConstruct
    public void createData() {
        request.createPart("1234-5678-01", 1, "ABC PART", new java.util.Date(),
                "PARTQWERTYUIOPASXDCFVGBHNJMKL", null);    
        // more code here...
    }
}

@Stateful
public class RequestBean {
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("order.ejb.RequestBean");
    @PersistenceContext
    private EntityManager em;

    public void createPart(String partNumber, int revision, String description,
            java.util.Date revisionDate, String specification,
            Serializable drawing) {
        try {
            Part part = new Part(partNumber, revision, description,
                    revisionDate, specification, drawing);
            em.persist(part); // <--- EXCEPTION THROWN HERE
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            throw new EJBException(ex.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

When the line em.persist(part); in RequestBean tries to execute, I get the following exception:

WARNING: Injection: No such property 'order.ejb.RequestBean/em' in class order.ejb.RequestBean
May 22, 2012 12:38:39 AM org.apache.openejb.core.transaction.EjbTransactionUtil handleSystemException
SEVERE: The bean instance business method encountered a system exception: The transaction has been marked rollback only because the bean encountered a non-application exception :javax.ejb.EJBException : null
javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: The transaction has been marked rollback only because the bean encountered a non-application exception :javax.ejb.EJBException : null
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.convertException(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:350)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:288)
    at order.ejb.RequestBean$LocalBeanProxy.createPart(order/ejb/RequestBean.java)
    at order.ejb.ConfigBean.createData(ConfigBean.java:35)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$Invocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:181)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$LifecycleInvocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:213)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:163)
    at org.apache.openejb.monitoring.StatsInterceptor.record(StatsInterceptor.java:176)
    at org.apache.openejb.monitoring.StatsInterceptor.PostConstruct(StatsInterceptor.java:104)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$Invocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:181)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:163)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.InterceptorStack.invoke(InterceptorStack.java:138)
    at org.apache.openejb.BeanContext.newInstance(BeanContext.java:1368)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager.createInstance(SingletonInstanceManager.java:174)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager.access$100(SingletonInstanceManager.java:66)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager$1.call(SingletonInstanceManager.java:115)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager$1.call(SingletonInstanceManager.java:113)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager.getInstance(SingletonInstanceManager.java:124)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager.initialize(SingletonInstanceManager.java:90)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonInstanceManager.start(SingletonInstanceManager.java:81)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.singleton.SingletonContainer.start(SingletonContainer.java:118)
    at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.createApplication(Assembler.java:795)
    at org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.createApplication(Assembler.java:506)
    at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.startInternal(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:634)
    at org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder.configureStart(TomcatWebAppBuilder.java:588)
    at org.apache.tomee.catalina.GlobalListenerSupport.lifecycleEvent(GlobalListenerSupport.java:117)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleBase.java:90)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5161)
    at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1566)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1556)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
Caused by: javax.ejb.EJBException
    at order.ejb.RequestBean.createPart(RequestBean.java:59)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$Invocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:181)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:163)
    at org.apache.openejb.monitoring.StatsInterceptor.record(StatsInterceptor.java:176)
    at org.apache.openejb.monitoring.StatsInterceptor.invoke(StatsInterceptor.java:95)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$Invocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:181)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:163)
    at org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiInterceptor.invoke(CdiInterceptor.java:129)
    at org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiInterceptor.access$000(CdiInterceptor.java:45)
    at org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiInterceptor$1.call(CdiInterceptor.java:66)
    at org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiInterceptor.aroundInvoke(CdiInterceptor.java:72)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext$Invocation.invoke(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:181)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.ReflectionInvocationContext.proceed(ReflectionInvocationContext.java:163)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.interceptor.InterceptorStack.invoke(InterceptorStack.java:138)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.StatefulContainer.businessMethod(StatefulContainer.java:648)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.StatefulContainer.invoke(StatefulContainer.java:353)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.synchronizedBusinessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:260)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.businessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:240)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler._invoke(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:91)
    at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:284)
    ... 45 more

As I’m not very familiar with the magic that is Java EE I have almost no idea what is going wrong here, but I’d love to know what is causing the first line in the stack trace, above:

WARNING: Injection: No such property 'order.ejb.RequestBean/em' in class order.ejb.RequestBean

Question 2: For some reason injection of the Entity Manager doesn’t seem to be working. Anyone have any idea why?

For completeness, below is my persistence.xml, which is in the project/src/main/webapp/classes/META-INF/ directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence version="2.0"
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
    <persistence-unit name="order" transaction-type="JTA">
        <jta-data-source>jdbc/__default</jta-data-source>
        <properties>
            <property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value="drop-and-create-tables" />
            <property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation.output-mode"
                value="both" />
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

Source Code

In case anyone wants to see the directory structure, source code, configuration files, etc. of the project, I’ve uploaded it to github here.

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    2026-06-04T06:33:59+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 6:33 am

    Updated persistence.xml to use OpenJPA, according to Common PersistenceProvider properties:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <persistence version="2.0"
        xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd">
        <persistence-unit name="order" transaction-type="JTA">
            <jta-data-source>jdbc/__default</jta-data-source>
            <properties>
                <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings"
                    value="buildSchema(foreignKeys=true,schemaAction='dropDB,add')" />
                <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SchemaFactory" value="native(foreignKeys=true)" />
                <property name="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                    value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict, JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict" />
                <property name="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=TRACE,SQL=TRACE" />
            </properties>
        </persistence-unit>
    </persistence>
    

    Still got the following exception:

    INFO - Starting OpenJPA 2.2.0 
    java.lang.NullPointerException 
            at order.web.OrderManager.getOrders(OrderManager.java:53) 
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) 
            at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) 
            at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) 
            at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) 
            at javax.el.BeanELResolver.getValue(BeanELResolver.java:64) 
            at javax.el.CompositeELResolver.getValue(CompositeELResolver.java:58) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.el.unified.resolver.FacesCompositeELResolver.getValue(FacesCompositeELResolver.java:169) 
            at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getValue(AstValue.java:169) 
            at org.apache.el.ValueExpressionImpl.getValue(ValueExpressionImpl.java:189) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.ContextAwareTagValueExpression.getValue(ContextAwareTagValueExpression.java:96) 
            at javax.faces.component._DeltaStateHelper.eval(_DeltaStateHelper.java:246) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIData.getValue(UIData.java:2031) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIData.createDataModel(UIData.java:1979) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIData.getDataModel(UIData.java:1956) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIData.getRowCount(UIData.java:478) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.renderkit.html.HtmlTableRendererBase.encodeInnerHtml(HtmlTableRendererBase.java:366) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.shared.renderkit.html.HtmlTableRendererBase.encodeChildren(HtmlTableRendererBase.java:214) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeChildren(UIComponentBase.java:626) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeAll(UIComponentBase.java:524) 
            at javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase.encodeAll(UIComponentBase.java:533) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.renderView(FaceletViewDeclarationLanguage.java:1908) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.application.ViewHandlerImpl.renderView(ViewHandlerImpl.java:285) 
            at javax.faces.application.ViewHandlerWrapper.renderView(ViewHandlerWrapper.java:59) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.RenderResponseExecutor.execute(RenderResponseExecutor.java:116) 
            at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:241) 
            at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:199) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) 
            at org.apache.tomee.catalina.OpenEJBValve.invoke(OpenEJBValve.java:44) 
            at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) 
            at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) 
            at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927) 
            at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) 
            at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407) 
            at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:999) 
            at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:565) 
            at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:307) 
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110) 
            at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603) 
            at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722) 
    

    Apparently that’s a known bug in TomEE 1.0.0 that has been resolved in trunk, so I downloaded the latest beta3 snapshot

    Now everything runs fine.

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