Is self-reference CMR supported?

[fred]

An entity with a CMR to itself yields a NPE (trace below).
Is this is a known restriction, or is it an app config problem?

The self-reference is of the form:

<ejb-relation-name>Category-Category</ejb-relation-name>
<ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role-name>Category-has-SuperCategory</ejb-relationship-role-name>
Many
<relationship-role-source>
<ejb-name>Category</ejb-name>
</relationship-role-source>
<cmr-field>
<cmr-field-name>superCategory</cmr-field-name>
</cmr-field>
</ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role-name>Category-has-SubCategories</ejb-relationship-role-name>
One
<relationship-role-source>
<ejb-name>Category</ejb-name>
</relationship-role-source>
</ejb-relationship-role>
</ejb-relation>

[ContainerFactory,ERROR] java.lang.NullPointerException
[ContainerFactory,ERROR] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.jdbc.JDBCStartCommand.execute(JDBCStartCommand.java:46)
[ContainerFactory,ERROR] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.CMPStoreManager.start(CMPStoreManager.java:142)
[ContainerFactory,ERROR] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.cmp.jdbc.JDBCStoreManager.start(JDBCStoreManager.java:92)
[ContainerFactory,ERROR] at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CMPPersistenceManager.start(CMPPersistenceManager.java:169)
...

[sheepe]

I've made the same on yesterday, and yes, it seems like working. I've configured it with XDoclet, and the generated descriptor looks like this:

<ejb-relation>
<ejb-relation-name>Category-Categories</ejb-relation-name>
<ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role-name>category-has-parentcategory</ejb-relati
Many
<relationship-role-source>
<ejb-name>Category</ejb-name>
</relationship-role-source>
<cmr-field>
<cmr-field-name>parentCategory</cmr-field-name>
</cmr-field>
</ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role>
<ejb-relationship-role-name>parentcategory-has-categories</ejb-rela
One
<relationship-role-source>
<ejb-name>Category</ejb-name>
</relationship-role-source>
<cmr-field>
<cmr-field-name>categories</cmr-field-name>
<cmr-field-type>java.util.Collection</cmr-field-type>
</cmr-field>
</ejb-relationship-role>

hth,
Christopher

[fred]

Thanks for the prompt response. I was using a pre-alpha JBoss 3.0 CVS build. I update to alpha and it now works.