If ManagedConnectionFactory.getConnection throws an SQLException, JdbcBinaryCacheStore.insertBucket calls into ManagedConnectionFactory.releaseConnection which does not null check the connection. This can lead to exceptions like:

2010-07-27 11:18:58,658 [ERROR] ~main(org.infinispan.loaders.jdbc.connectionfactory.ManagedConnectionFactory): org.jboss.util.NestedSQLException: Transaction is not active: tx=TransactionImple < ac, BasicAction: -3f57377a:f88f:4c4f2303:2c status: ActionStatus.COMMITTING >; - nested throwable: (javax.resource.ResourceException: Transaction is not active: tx=TransactionImple < ac, BasicAction: -3f57377a:f88f:4c4f2303:2c status: ActionStatus.COMMITTING >)
2010-07-27 11:18:58,661 [ERROR] ~main(org.infinispan.interceptors.InvocationContextInterceptor): Execution error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.infinispan.loaders.jdbc.connectionfactory.ManagedConnectionFactory.releaseConnection(ManagedConnectionFactory.java:103)
at org.infinispan.loaders.jdbc.binary.JdbcBinaryCacheStore.loadBucket(JdbcBinaryCacheStore.java:216)
at org.infinispan.loaders.bucket.BucketBasedCacheStore.storeLockSafe(BucketBasedCacheStore.java:54)
at org.infinispan.loaders.LockSupportCacheStore.store(LockSupportCacheStore.java:131)
at org.infinispan.loaders.AbstractCacheStore.applyModifications(AbstractCacheStore.java:101)
at org.infinispan.loaders.AbstractCacheStore.commit(AbstractCacheStore.java:134)
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