public class PersistenceFilter implements Filter
{
    protected static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(PersistenceFilter.class.getName());
    private EntityManagerFactory factory;

    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException
    {
        factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("mydb");
    }

    @Override
    public void destroy()
    {
        factory.close();
    }

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest req, ServletResponse res, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException
    {
        EntityManager em = factory.createEntityManager();
        ThreadLocalEntityManager.set(em);

        EntityTransaction tx = em.getTransaction();
        tx.begin();

        try
        {
            chain.doFilter(req, res);
            tx.commit();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            tx.rollback();
        }
        finally
        {
            log.info("closing EntityManager: " + EMF.entityManager());
            em.close();
        }

    }
}



 ThreadLocalEntityManager
{
    private static ThreadLocal<EntityManager> holder = new ThreadLocal<EntityManager>();

    private ThreadLocalEntityManager()
    {
    }

    public static EntityManager get()
    {
        return holder.get();
    }

    public static void set(EntityManager em)
    {
        holder.set(em);
    }

}