if (raUID==null && !_isRADirect()){
try {
// Note that we deliberately create this connection when first needed rather than in start() to avoid CR 6986977
XAConnectionImpl xaci = (com.sun.messaging.jmq.jmsclient.XAConnectionImpl) xacf.createXAConnection();
raUID = Long.toString(xaci.generateUID());
xaci.close();
} catch (JMSException jmse){
_loggerB.severe("Unable to generate UID:"+jmse.getMessage());
}
}