Have a look at the class org.jboss.portal.test.core.model.portal.PortalObjectIdTestCase View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4041663#4041663 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4041663