PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager();
pm.getObjectIdClass(Cow.class);
//get the sequence
Sequence s = pm.getSequence(COW_SEQ);
assertNotNull("Sequence " + COW_SEQ + " should not be null.", s);
long beforeAllocate = ((Long) s.current()).longValue();
Collection col = new ArrayList();
Cow cow = null;
for (int i = 1; i <= ADDITIONAL; i++) {
cow = new Cow("cowAllocate" + i, ((Long)s.next()).longValue());
col.add(cow);