NullPointerException (NPE) when compiling EJB-QL (EJB2 CMP)

Issue

• If an EJB2 application should be deployed this will fail with a NullPointerException during compiling the CMP statements.

[2013-01-04 15:03:13,871] [ERROR] [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.deployment.subunit."app.ear"."ejb.jar".component.EntityBean.jdbc.store-manager.START: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.deployment.subunit."app.ear"."ejb.jar".component.EntityBean.jdbc.store-manager.START: JBAS010785: Failed start store manager
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JdbcStoreManagerStartService.start(JdbcStoreManagerStartService.java:46)
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
        at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.2.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.2.GA-redhat-1]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [rt.jar:1.6.0_31]
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0_31]
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [rt.jar:1.6.0_31]
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: JBAS018810: Error compiling EJB-QL statement for EJB 'EntityBean': SELECT OBJECT(a) FROM Entity AS a where a.profileId=?1
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCEJBQLQuery.<init>(JDBCEJBQLQuery.java:58)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCCommandFactory.createEJBQLQuery(JDBCCommandFactory.java:63)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCQueryManager.start(JDBCQueryManager.java:223)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCStoreManager.startStoreManager(JDBCStoreManager.java:240)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JdbcStoreManagerStartService.start(JdbcStoreManagerStartService.java:44)
        ... 5 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCEJBQLCompiler.visit(JDBCEJBQLCompiler.java:588)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.ejbql.ASTEJBQL.jjtAccept(ASTEJBQL.java:39)
        at pileEJBQL(JDBCEJBQLCompiler.java:167)
        at org.jboss.as.cmp.jdbc.JDBCEJBQLQuery.<init>(JDBCEJBQLQuery.java:52)
        ... 9 more

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