public static void main( String[] args )
{
    final PersistenceModule persistenceModule = new PersistenceModule()
    {
        @Override
        protected void configurePersistence()
        {
            bindApplicationManagedPersistenceUnit( "puName" );
        }
    };
    final Injector injector = Guice.createInjector( persistenceModule, getApplicationSpecificModules() );
    final PersistenceService persistenceService = injector.getInstance( PersistenceService.class );
    try
    {
        persistenceService.start();
        while( notTerminated() )
        {
            // run application
        }
    }
    finally
    {
        persistenceService.stop();
    }
}<persistence
    xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence
                        http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"
    version="2.0">
    <persistence-unit name="puName" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
        <!-- your configuration -->
    </peristence-unit>
</peristence>