Can you please attach the patch. If I copy/paste from this email it chokes.
Thanks, Jeff Andrus Adamchik wrote: > Somebody please apply this patch. It implements better exception > handling during persistence unit loading. > > Thanks > Andrus > > > Index: geronimo-spec-jpa/src/main/java/javax/persistence/Persistence.java > =================================================================== > --- > geronimo-spec-jpa/src/main/java/javax/persistence/Persistence.java > (revision 398209) > +++ > geronimo-spec-jpa/src/main/java/javax/persistence/Persistence.java > (working copy) > @@ -144,18 +144,29 @@ > static EntityManagerFactory createFactory( > String providerName, > String persistenceUnitName, > - Map properties) { > + Map properties) > + throws PersistenceException { > - try { > - Class providerClass = Class.forName(providerName, true, Thread > - .currentThread() > - .getContextClassLoader()); > - PersistenceProvider provider = (PersistenceProvider) > providerClass > - .newInstance(); > - return > provider.createEntityManagerFactory(persistenceUnitName, properties); > - } > - catch (Exception e) { > - return null; > - } > - } > + Class providerClass; > + try { > + providerClass = Class.forName(providerName, true, Thread > + .currentThread().getContextClassLoader()); > + } > + catch (Exception e) { > + throw new PersistenceException( > + "Invalid or inaccessible provider class: " + > providerName, > + e); > + } > + > + try { > + PersistenceProvider provider = (PersistenceProvider) > providerClass > + .newInstance(); > + return > provider.createEntityManagerFactory(persistenceUnitName, > + properties); > + } > + catch (Exception e) { > + throw new PersistenceException("Provider error. Provider: " > + + providerName, e); > + } > + } > }