General

Resource Adapter General tabbed pane

Use the RAR General tabbed pane to select the interface and implementation classes to be included in your resource adapter. You may also designate the type of transaction support required, provide version information, define the icons used, and provide a description of the resource adapter.

  1. Select the Resource Adapter Class from the drop-down list that contains all classes in the RAR that implement javax.resource.spi.ResourceAdapter .
  2. Select the button beside this list to define Configuration Properties of the resource adapter class.
  3. Click the Add button in the Connection Definitions panel to create new . The Add Connection Definition dialog displays.
  4. From the Managed Connection Factory list, choose the class to implement the ManagedConnectionFactory interface that the application server uses.
  5. From the Interface list in the Connection Factory panel, select the ConnectionFactory interface supported by this resource adapter. Application components use the interface to get a connection to the EIS.
  6. From the Implementation list in the Connection Factory panel, select the class that implements the ConnectionFactory interface.
  7. From the Interface list in the Connection panel, select the Connection interface supported by this resource adapter. An application component uses an instance of Connection as a handle to the physical connection so that it can access EIS resources.
  8. From the Implementation list in the Connection panel, select the class that implements the Connection interface.
  9. Click the Configuration Options button to set Configuration Properties (Property, Type, and Default Value) for the Connection.

To edit a Connection Definition, select the definition in the list of Connection Definitions and select Edit. Make changes in the Edit Configuration Definition dialog.

To delete a Connection Definition, select the definition in the list of Connection Definitions and select Delete. A confirmation dialog will ask you to confirm the deletion.

Optional Settings

You may enter the following optional information:

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