create NullPointerException

[meb1]

JBoss 3.0.3 using CMP is throwing a NullPointerException when I create an entity bean from my session bean and try to use the entity bean reference.

-----------Session bean code------------

TaskHome uhome = (TaskHome) getHome("Task");
Task task = uhome.create( getMemberId() );

System.out.println( task.getTaskId() ); // <== Blows here

-----------Session bean code------------


-----------Task Home code------------

Task create(Integer memberId) throws CreateException;

-----------Task Home code------------

-----------Task IF------------

public interface Task extends EJBLocalObject
{
public Integer getTaskId();

public String getDescription();
public void setDescription(String desc);

public String getClientId();
public void setClientId(String desc);
}
-----------Task IF------------


-----------Task Bean code------------

public Integer ejbCreate(Integer memberId)
throws CreateException
{
setMemberId(memberId);
return null;
}

-----------Task Bean code------------


I'm not using CMR anywhere, does anyone have any thoughts as to why this is happening?

meb

[meb1]

Well I found out why the EJBObject returned from the create is invalid; the database table in the legacy system creates the primary key via an autoincrement placed on the column. Apparently this is too much for good old EJB to handle and I cannot find a way in a CMP to create the record and the return the primary key the db created enable the EJBObject returned to be valid and hence usable.

Anybody have any ideas on that?