In case of Oracle 11g:

oracle.jdbc.xa.OracleXAException
  with cause
java.sql.SQLRecoverableException: No more data to read from socket

or, in case of JavaDB (included with GFv3):

org.apache.derby.client.am.XaException: XAER_RMFAIL : A communications error has been detected: Software caused connection abort: recv failed.
  with cause
org.apache.derby.client.am.DisconnectException: A communications error has been detected: Software caused connection abort: recv failed.

is caught in

Daemon Thread [p: thread-pool-1; w: 5] (Suspended)	
	XAResourceImpl.commit(Xid, boolean) line: 82	
	OTSResourceImpl.commit() line: 115	
	RegisteredResources.distributeCommit() line: 795	
	TopCoordinator.commit() line: 2111	
	CoordinatorTerm.commit(boolean) line: 403	
	TerminatorImpl.commit(boolean) line: 251	
	CurrentImpl.commit(boolean) line: 623	
	TransactionManagerImpl.commit() line: 318	
	JavaEETransactionManagerJTSDelegate.commitDistributedTransaction() line: 159	
	JavaEETransactionManagerSimplified.commit() line: 844	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).completeNewTx(EJBContextImpl, Throwable, int) line: 5007	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 4772	
	StatefulSessionContainer.postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 1646	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation, boolean) line: 1971	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation) line: 1922	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(Class, Method, Object[]) line: 209	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(Object, Method, Object[]) line: 75	
	$Proxy117.ship(String, String, int) line: not available	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Method, Object, Object[]) line: not available [native method]	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 39	
	DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 25	
	Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 597	
	ReflectiveTie.dispatchToMethod(Method, Remote, Object[]) line: 146	
	ReflectiveTie._invoke(String, InputStream, ResponseHandler) line: 176	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(Object, CorbaMessageMediator, byte[], ObjectAdapter) line: 682	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 216	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1841	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(RequestMessage, CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1695	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(RequestMessage_1_2) line: 1078	
	RequestMessage_1_2.callback(MessageHandler) line: 221	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 797	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.dispatch() line: 561	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.doWork() line: 2558	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.performWork() line: 492	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run() line: 528	

The original exception (and cause) is discarded,
and an INTERNAL(0,CompletionStatus.COMPLETED_MAYBE) is instantiated and thrown instead, in:

Daemon Thread [p: thread-pool-1; w: 5] (Suspended)	
	OTSResourceImpl.commit() line: 146	
	RegisteredResources.distributeCommit() line: 795	
	TopCoordinator.commit() line: 2111	
	CoordinatorTerm.commit(boolean) line: 403	
	TerminatorImpl.commit(boolean) line: 251	
	CurrentImpl.commit(boolean) line: 623	
	TransactionManagerImpl.commit() line: 318	
	JavaEETransactionManagerJTSDelegate.commitDistributedTransaction() line: 159	
	JavaEETransactionManagerSimplified.commit() line: 844	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).completeNewTx(EJBContextImpl, Throwable, int) line: 5007	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 4772	
	StatefulSessionContainer.postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 1646	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation, boolean) line: 1971	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation) line: 1922	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(Class, Method, Object[]) line: 209	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(Object, Method, Object[]) line: 75	
	$Proxy117.ship(String, String, int) line: not available	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Method, Object, Object[]) line: not available [native method]	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 39	
	DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 25	
	Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 597	
	ReflectiveTie.dispatchToMethod(Method, Remote, Object[]) line: 146	
	ReflectiveTie._invoke(String, InputStream, ResponseHandler) line: 176	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(Object, CorbaMessageMediator, byte[], ObjectAdapter) line: 682	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 216	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1841	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(RequestMessage, CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1695	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(RequestMessage_1_2) line: 1078	
	RequestMessage_1_2.callback(MessageHandler) line: 221	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 797	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.dispatch() line: 561	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.doWork() line: 2558	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.performWork() line: 492	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run() line: 528	

which is logged as:

[#|2010-01-19T18:51:41.961+1100|SEVERE|glassfishv3.0|javax.enterprise.system.core.transaction.com.sun.jts.CosTransactions|_ThreadID=27;_ThreadName=Thread-1;|JTS5031: Exception [org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL:   vmcid: 0x0  minor code: 0 completed: Maybe] on Resource [commit] operation.|#]


Daemon Thread [p: thread-pool-1; w: 5] (Suspended)	
	RegisteredResources.distributeCommit() line: 866	
	TopCoordinator.commit() line: 2111	
	CoordinatorTerm.commit(boolean) line: 403	
	TerminatorImpl.commit(boolean) line: 251	
	CurrentImpl.commit(boolean) line: 623	
	TransactionManagerImpl.commit() line: 318	
	JavaEETransactionManagerJTSDelegate.commitDistributedTransaction() line: 159	
	JavaEETransactionManagerSimplified.commit() line: 844	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).completeNewTx(EJBContextImpl, Throwable, int) line: 5007	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 4772	
	StatefulSessionContainer.postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 1646	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation, boolean) line: 1971	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation) line: 1922	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(Class, Method, Object[]) line: 209	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(Object, Method, Object[]) line: 75	
	$Proxy117.ship(String, String, int) line: not available	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Method, Object, Object[]) line: not available [native method]	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 39	
	DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 25	
	Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 597	
	ReflectiveTie.dispatchToMethod(Method, Remote, Object[]) line: 146	
	ReflectiveTie._invoke(String, InputStream, ResponseHandler) line: 176	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(Object, CorbaMessageMediator, byte[], ObjectAdapter) line: 682	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 216	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1841	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(RequestMessage, CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1695	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(RequestMessage_1_2) line: 1078	
	RequestMessage_1_2.callback(MessageHandler) line: 221	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 797	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.dispatch() line: 561	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.doWork() line: 2558	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.performWork() line: 492	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run() line: 528	

A new exception (org.omg.CORBA.INTERNAL(msg)) is created with that message, and thrown again:


Daemon Thread [p: thread-pool-1; w: 5] (Suspended (breakpoint at line 943 in RegisteredResources))	
	RegisteredResources.distributeCommit() line: 943	
	TopCoordinator.commit() line: 2111	
	CoordinatorTerm.commit(boolean) line: 403	
	TerminatorImpl.commit(boolean) line: 251	
	CurrentImpl.commit(boolean) line: 623	
	TransactionManagerImpl.commit() line: 318	
	JavaEETransactionManagerJTSDelegate.commitDistributedTransaction() line: 159	
	JavaEETransactionManagerSimplified.commit() line: 844	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).completeNewTx(EJBContextImpl, Throwable, int) line: 5007	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 4772	
	StatefulSessionContainer.postInvokeTx(EjbInvocation) line: 1646	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation, boolean) line: 1971	
	StatefulSessionContainer(BaseContainer).postInvoke(EjbInvocation) line: 1922	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(Class, Method, Object[]) line: 209	
	EJBObjectInvocationHandlerDelegate.invoke(Object, Method, Object[]) line: 75	
	$Proxy117.ship(String, String, int) line: not available	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Method, Object, Object[]) line: not available [native method]	
	NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 39	
	DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Object, Object[]) line: 25	
	Method.invoke(Object, Object...) line: 597	
	ReflectiveTie.dispatchToMethod(Method, Remote, Object[]) line: 146	
	ReflectiveTie._invoke(String, InputStream, ResponseHandler) line: 176	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatchToServant(Object, CorbaMessageMediator, byte[], ObjectAdapter) line: 682	
	CorbaServerRequestDispatcherImpl.dispatch(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 216	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequestRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1841	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(RequestMessage, CorbaMessageMediator) line: 1695	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleInput(RequestMessage_1_2) line: 1078	
	RequestMessage_1_2.callback(MessageHandler) line: 221	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.handleRequest(CorbaMessageMediator) line: 797	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.dispatch() line: 561	
	CorbaMessageMediatorImpl.doWork() line: 2558	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.performWork() line: 492	
	ThreadPoolImpl$WorkerThread.run() line: 528