When you use EntityManager.lock, does it hold on to the same database connection the whole time, not allowing other threads to use that connection?? I seem to be running out of connections in my connection pool, as I am getting the following exception:

INFO [WorkManager(4)-53846][2007-09-03 04:23:33,657][org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener] Log4JLogger.java(99): Error performing load command
org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection
 at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException(SQLStateConverter.java:103)
 at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:91)
 at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)
 at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:29)
 at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:420)
 at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:144)
 at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareQueryStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:139)
 at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.prepareQueryStatement(Loader.java:1560)
 at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQuery(Loader.java:661)
 at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:224)
 at org.hibernate.loader.Loader.loadEntity(Loader.java:1784)
 at org.hibernate.loader.entity.AbstractEntityLoader.load(AbstractEntityLoader.java:48)
 at org.hibernate.loader.entity.AbstractEntityLoader.load(AbstractEntityLoader.java:42)
 at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.load(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2977)
 at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.loadFromDatasource(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:393)
 at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.doLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:374)
 at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.load(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:137)
 at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.proxyOrLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:193)
 at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultLoadEventListener.onLoad(DefaultLoadEventListener.java:101)
 at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireLoad(SessionImpl.java:878)
 at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.get(SessionImpl.java:815)
 at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.get(SessionImpl.java:808)
 at org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractEntityManagerImpl.find(AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java:174)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.TransactionScopedEntityManager.find(TransactionScopedEntityManager.java:164)
 at com.squaretrade.stateful.AbstractStateEngineImpl.loadObject(AbstractStateEngineImpl.java:118)
 at com.squaretrade.stateful.AbstractStateEngineImpl.process(AbstractStateEngineImpl.java:31)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1671.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:112)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.InvocationContextImpl.proceed(InvocationContextImpl.java:166)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.invoke(EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.java:63)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.invoke(TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.java:54)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.AllowedOperationsInterceptor.invoke(AllowedOperationsInterceptor.java:46)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPolicy.invokeInOurTx(TxPolicy.java:79)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxInterceptor$RequiresNew.invoke(TxInterceptor.java:253)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPropagationInterceptor.invoke(TxPropagationInterceptor.java:76)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessInstanceInterceptor.java:62)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.security.AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(AuthenticationInterceptor.java:77)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.security.Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.invoke(Ejb3AuthenticationInterceptor.java:102)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.ENCPropagationInterceptor.invoke(ENCPropagationInterceptor.java:47)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.asynchronous.AsynchronousInterceptor.invoke(AsynchronousInterceptor.java:106)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessContainer.localInvoke(StatelessContainer.java:211)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessLocalProxy.invoke(StatelessLocalProxy.java:79)
 at $Proxy339.process(Unknown Source)
 at com.squaretrade.stateful.AbstractStateEngineQueueHandler.onMessage(AbstractStateEngineQueueHandler.java:38)
 at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1669.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:112)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.InvocationContextImpl.proceed(InvocationContextImpl.java:166)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.interceptor.EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.invoke(EJB3InterceptorsInterceptor.java:63)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.entity.TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.invoke(TransactionScopedEntityManagerInterceptor.java:54)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.AllowedOperationsInterceptor.invoke(AllowedOperationsInterceptor.java:46)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxPolicy.invokeInCallerTx(TxPolicy.java:126)
 at org.jboss.aspects.tx.TxInterceptor$Required.invoke(TxInterceptor.java:195)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.stateless.StatelessInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessInstanceInterceptor.java:62)
 at org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodInvocation.invokeNext(MethodInvocation.java:101)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.mdb.MessagingContainer.localInvoke(MessagingContainer.java:245)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.mdb.inflow.MessageInflowLocalProxy.delivery(MessageInflowLocalProxy.java:268)
 at org.jboss.ejb3.mdb.inflow.MessageInflowLocalProxy.invoke(MessageInflowLocalProxy.java:138)
 at $Proxy138.onMessage(Unknown Source)
 at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.inflow.JmsServerSession.onMessage(JmsServerSession.java:183)
 at org.jboss.mq.SpyMessageConsumer.sessionConsumerProcessMessage(SpyMessageConsumer.java:905)
 at org.jboss.mq.SpyMessageConsumer.addMessage(SpyMessageConsumer.java:170)
 at org.jboss.mq.SpySession.run(SpySession.java:323)
 at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.inflow.JmsServerSession.run(JmsServerSession.java:249)
 at org.jboss.resource.work.WorkWrapper.execute(WorkWrapper.java:204)
 at org.jboss.util.threadpool.BasicTaskWrapper.run(BasicTaskWrapper.java:275)
 at EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run(PooledExecutor.java:743)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: org.jboss.util.NestedSQLException: No ManagedConnections available within configured blocking timeout ( 30000 [ms] ); - nested throwable: (javax.resource.ResourceException: No ManagedConnections available within configured blocking timeout ( 30000 [ms] ))
 at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.WrapperDataSource.getConnection(WrapperDataSource.java:94)
 at org.hibernate.ejb.connection.InjectedDataSourceConnectionProvider.getConnection(InjectedDataSourceConnectionProvider.java:47)
 at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:417)
 ... 79 more
Caused by: javax.resource.ResourceException: No ManagedConnections available within configured blocking timeout ( 30000 [ms] )
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.InternalManagedConnectionPool.getConnection(InternalManagedConnectionPool.java:289)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.JBossManagedConnectionPool$BasePool.getConnection(JBossManagedConnectionPool.java:529)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.BaseConnectionManager2.getManagedConnection(BaseConnectionManager2.java:341)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.TxConnectionManager.getManagedConnection(TxConnectionManager.java:301)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.BaseConnectionManager2.allocateConnection(BaseConnectionManager2.java:396)
 at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.BaseConnectionManager2$ConnectionManagerProxy.allocateConnection(BaseConnectionManager2.java:842)
 at org.jboss.resource.adapter.jdbc.WrapperDataSource.getConnection(WrapperDataSource.java:88)
 ... 81 more

I was wondering if this could be caused by using EntityManager.lock where the lock is held for about a second. There does not seem to be a deadlock, but the oracle connection pool seems to be running out of connections intermittently, and I'm trying to figure out the possible causes.