{
Article a = new Article();
PersistenceBroker broker = ((HasBroker) odmg.currentTransaction()).getBroker();
FieldDescriptor fld = broker.getClassDescriptor(Article.class).getFieldDescriptorByName("articleId");
Integer val = (Integer) broker.serviceSequenceManager().getUniqueValue(fld);
a.setArticleId(val.intValue());
a.setArticleName("New Funny Article " + a.getArticleId());
a.setStock(234);
a.setProductGroupId(7);