title: why i get javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException? - setRollbackOnly
body: <p>In my web applicaton I use OpenJPA on Apache Tomcat (TomEE)/7.0.37 server.</p>
  
  <p>my entity User.class:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Entity
  @Table(name = "USER")
  public class User implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "id_user")
    private Integer idUser;
    @Size(max = 8)
    @Column(name = "login")
    private String login;
    @Size(max = 128)
    @Column(name = "password")
    private String password;
    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "user")
    private Lecturer lecturer;
    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "user")
    private Student student;
    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "user")
    private List&lt;UserHasRoles&gt; userHasRolesList;
  
    //constructors, getters, setters
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when i create new user:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public void addUser(String log, String pass) {     
          User user = new User(); //utworzenie użytkownika i dodanie do bazy 
          user.setLogin(log);
          user.setPassword(pass);
          em.persist(user);
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i get exception:</p>
  
  <pre><code>javax.el.ELException: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Transaction was rolled back, presumably because setRollbackOnly was called during a synchronization
  
  Caused by:
  org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.SetRollbackOnlyException - setRollbackOnly() called. See stacktrace for origin
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.setRollbackOnly(TransactionImpl.java:126)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I try to change generation id strategy, but it dosen't help.
  What is wrong?</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>stack trace from my application:</p>
  
  <pre><code>org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.ContextAwareELException: javax.el.ELException: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Transaction was rolled back, presumably because setRollbackOnly was called during a synchronization
  at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.ContextAwareTagMethodExpression.invoke(ContextAwareTagMethodExpression.java:108)
  at org.apache.myfaces.application.ActionListenerImpl.processAction(ActionListenerImpl.java:68)
  at javax.faces.component.UICommand.broadcast(UICommand.java:120)
  at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._broadcastAll(UIViewRoot.java:1028)
  at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.broadcastEvents(UIViewRoot.java:286)
  at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot._process(UIViewRoot.java:1375)
  at javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot.processApplication(UIViewRoot.java:752)
  at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.InvokeApplicationExecutor.execute(InvokeApplicationExecutor.java:38)
  at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.executePhase(LifecycleImpl.java:170)
  at org.apache.myfaces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.execute(LifecycleImpl.java:117)
  at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:197)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
  at filters.NoCacheFilter.doFilter(NoCacheFilter.java:42)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:222)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:123)
  at org.apache.tomee.catalina.OpenEJBValve.invoke(OpenEJBValve.java:45)
  at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:171)
  at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:99)
  at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:936)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
  at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
  at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:1004)
  at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:589)
  at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:312)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
  
  Caused by: javax.el.ELException: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Transaction was rolled back, presumably because setRollbackOnly was called during a synchronization
  at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:291)
  at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:274)
  at org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.el.ContextAwareTagMethodExpression.invoke(ContextAwareTagMethodExpression.java:96)
  ... 30 more
  
  Caused by: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Transaction was rolled back, presumably because setRollbackOnly was called during a synchronization
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.convertException(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:345)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:283)
  at model.logic.UserService$LocalBeanProxy.addUser(model/logic/UserService.java)
  at model.backingbeans.RegisterBacking.register(RegisterBacking.java:91)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
  at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:278)
  ... 32 more
  
  Caused by: javax.transaction.RollbackException: Unable to commit: transaction marked for rollback
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:272)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionManagerImpl.commit(TransactionManagerImpl.java:252)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.transaction.JtaTransactionPolicy.completeTransaction(JtaTransactionPolicy.java:328)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.transaction.TxRequired.commit(TxRequired.java:75)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.transaction.EjbTransactionUtil.afterInvoke(EjbTransactionUtil.java:76)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.stateless.StatelessContainer._invoke(StatelessContainer.java:259)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.stateless.StatelessContainer.invoke(StatelessContainer.java:191)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.synchronizedBusinessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:246)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler.businessMethod(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:241)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.EjbObjectProxyHandler._invoke(EjbObjectProxyHandler.java:83)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.ivm.BaseEjbProxyHandler.invoke(BaseEjbProxyHandler.java:279)
  ... 39 more
  
  Caused by: org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.SetRollbackOnlyException: setRollbackOnly() called.  See stacktrace for origin
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.setRollbackOnly(TransactionImpl.java:126)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionManagerImpl.setRollbackOnly(TransactionManagerImpl.java:243)
  at org.apache.openejb.core.TransactionSynchronizationRegistryWrapper.setRollbackOnly(TransactionSynchronizationRegistryWrapper.java:71)
  at org.apache.openjpa.ee.RegistryManagedRuntime$TransactionManagerRegistryFacade.setRollbackOnly(RegistryManagedRuntime.java:128)
  at org.apache.openjpa.ee.RegistryManagedRuntime.setRollbackOnly(RegistryManagedRuntime.java:74)
  at org.apache.openjpa.ee.AutomaticManagedRuntime.setRollbackOnly(AutomaticManagedRuntime.java:274)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.setRollbackOnlyInternal(BrokerImpl.java:1660)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.setRollbackOnly(BrokerImpl.java:1640)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.flush(BrokerImpl.java:1847)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.assignObjectId(StateManagerImpl.java:616)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.assignField(StateManagerImpl.java:703)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.beforeAccessField(StateManagerImpl.java:1615)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.accessingField(StateManagerImpl.java:1598)
  at model.entity.User.pcGetidUser(User.java)
  at model.entity.User.toString(User.java:137)
  at java.text.MessageFormat.subformat(MessageFormat.java:1271)
  at java.text.MessageFormat.format(MessageFormat.java:860)
  at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:157)
  at java.text.MessageFormat.format(MessageFormat.java:836)
  at org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Localizer$Message.getMessage(Localizer.java:282)
  at org.apache.openjpa.util.OpenJPAException.&lt;init&gt;(OpenJPAException.java:64)
  at org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException.&lt;init&gt;(UserException.java:47)
  at org.apache.openjpa.util.InvalidStateException.&lt;init&gt;(InvalidStateException.java:34)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.SingleFieldManager.preFlush(SingleFieldManager.java:567)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.SingleFieldManager.preFlush(SingleFieldManager.java:505)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.preFlush(StateManagerImpl.java:2982)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.PNewState.beforeFlush(PNewState.java:40)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StateManagerImpl.beforeFlush(StateManagerImpl.java:1054)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.flush(BrokerImpl.java:2112)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.flushSafe(BrokerImpl.java:2072)
  at org.apache.openjpa.kernel.BrokerImpl.beforeCompletion(BrokerImpl.java:1990)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.beforeCompletion(TransactionImpl.java:527)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.beforeCompletion(TransactionImpl.java:512)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.beforePrepare(TransactionImpl.java:413)
  at org.apache.geronimo.transaction.manager.TransactionImpl.commit(TransactionImpl.java:262)
  ... 49 more
  </code></pre>