Transaction error

[svamara]

Has anyone seen this?  Not sure what is causing this.  We are running application on WebSphere v6.1 with EJB3, SEAM, JBPM.

[12/28/09 9:16:31:205 CST] 0000003a Synchronizati E org.jboss.seam.transaction.SynchronizationRegistry beforeTransactionCompletion Exception processing transaction Synchronization before completion
                                 java.lang.RuntimeException: exception invoking: getTransaction
        at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invokeAndWrap(Reflections.java:154)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.callComponentMethod(Component.java:2211)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.unwrap(Component.java:2237)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:2004)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1967)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1961)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1934)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1929)
        at org.jboss.seam.transaction.Transaction.instance(Transaction.java:36)
        at org.jboss.seam.util.Work.workInTransaction(Work.java:32)
        at org.jboss.seam.bpm.ProcessInstance.getProcessInstance(ProcessInstance.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1835.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
        at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invoke(Reflections.java:22)
        at org.jboss.seam.util.Reflections.invokeAndWrap(Reflections.java:144)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.callComponentMethod(Component.java:2211)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.unwrap(Component.java:2237)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:2004)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1967)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1961)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1934)
        at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1929)
        at org.jboss.seam.bpm.ProcessInstance.instance(ProcessInstance.java:65)
        at org.jboss.seam.contexts.BusinessProcessContext.getProcessInstance(BusinessProcessContext.java:229)
        at org.jboss.seam.contexts.BusinessProcessContext.flush(BusinessProcessContext.java:160)
        at org.jboss.seam.bpm.ManagedJbpmContext.beforeCompletion(ManagedJbpmContext.java:114)
        at org.jboss.seam.transaction.SynchronizationRegistry.beforeTransactionCompletion(SynchronizationRegistry.java:62)
        at org.jboss.seam.transaction.EjbSynchronizations.beforeCompletion(EjbSynchronizations.java:60)
        at com.ibm.ejs.container.CMStatefulBeanO.beforeCompletion(CMStatefulBeanO.java:444)
        at com.ibm.ejs.container.ContainerTx.beforeCompletion(ContainerTx.java:696)
        at com.ibm.ejs.util.tran.SyncDriver.beforeCompletion(SyncDriver.java:280)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.RegisteredSyncs.distributeBefore(RegisteredSyncs.java:242)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TransactionImpl.prePrepare(TransactionImpl.java:2404)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TransactionImpl.stage1CommitProcessing(TransactionImpl.java:1637)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TransactionImpl.processCommit(TransactionImpl.java:1608)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:1543)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TranManagerImpl.commit(TranManagerImpl.java:240)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.TranManagerSet.commit(TranManagerSet.java:164)
        at com.ibm.ws.Transaction.JTA.UserTransactionImpl.commit(UserTransactionImpl.java:292)
        at org.jboss.seam.transaction.UTTransaction.commit(UTTransaction.java:52)
        at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.commitOrRollback(SeamPhaseListener.java:614)
        at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.commitOrRollback(SeamPhaseListener.java:605)
        at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.handleTransactionsAfterPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:343)
        at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.afterServletPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:243)
        at org.jboss.seam.jsf.SeamPhaseListener.afterPhase(SeamPhaseListener.java:194)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.handleAfterPhase(Phase.java:175)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:114)
        at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
        at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:266)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1076)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.service(ServletWrapper.java:1017)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:145)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:83)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.IdentityFilter.doFilter(IdentityFilter.java:40)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.MultipartFilter.doFilter(MultipartFilter.java:90)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.ExceptionFilter.doFilter(ExceptionFilter.java:64)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.RedirectFilter.doFilter(RedirectFilter.java:45)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseXMLFilter.doXmlFilter(BaseXMLFilter.java:177)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.handleRequest(BaseFilter.java:267)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.processUploadsAndHandleRequest(BaseFilter.java:380)
        at org.ajax4jsf.webapp.BaseFilter.doFilter(BaseFilter.java:507)
        at org.jboss.seam.web.Ajax4jsfFilter.doFilter(Ajax4jsfFilter.java:56)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:69)
        at org.jboss.seam.servlet.SeamFilter.doFilter(SeamFilter.java:158)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:190)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:130)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain._doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:87)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:773)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterManager.doFilter(WebAppFilterManager.java:681)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:546)
        at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.handleRequest(ServletWrapper.java:486)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.CacheServletWrapper.handleRequest(CacheServletWrapper.java:90)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:744)
        at com.ibm.ws.wswebcontainer.WebContainer.handleRequest(WebContainer.java:1455)
        at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channel.WCChannelLink.ready(WCChannelLink.java:115)
        at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleDiscrimination(HttpInboundLink.java:458)
        at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpInboundLink.handleNewInformation(HttpInboundLink.java:387)
        at com.ibm.ws.http.channel.inbound.impl.HttpICLReadCallback.complete(HttpICLReadCallback.java:102)
        at com.ibm.ws.tcp.channel.impl.AioReadCompletionListener.futureCompleted(AioReadCompletionListener.java:165)
        at com.ibm.io.async.AbstractAsyncFuture.invokeCallback(AbstractAsyncFuture.java:217)
        at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncChannelFuture.fireCompletionActions(AsyncChannelFuture.java:161)
        at com.ibm.io.async.AsyncFuture.completed(AsyncFuture.java:136)
        at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.complete(ResultHandler.java:195)
        at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler.runEventProcessingLoop(ResultHandler.java:743)
        at com.ibm.io.async.ResultHandler$2.run(ResultHandler.java:873)
        at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:1473)

[svamara]

   <!-- In an EJB3 environment, we recommend the use of a special built-in component for transaction management -->
   <transaction:ejb-transaction/>

     Using this in \WEB-INF\Components.xml will resolve the issue.