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.
Select the Resource Adapter Class from the drop-down list that contains all
classes in the RAR that implement javax.resource.spi.ResourceAdapter .
Select the button beside this list to define Configuration Properties
of the resource adapter class.
Click the Add button in the Connection Definitions panel to create new
. The Add Connection Definition dialog displays.
From the Managed Connection Factory list, choose the class to implement the
ManagedConnectionFactory
interface that the application server uses.
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.
From the Implementation list in the Connection Factory panel, select the class that
implements the
ConnectionFactory interface.
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.
From the Implementation list in the Connection panel, select the class that
implements the Connection interface.
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:
You can use the Transaction Support list to select the type of transaction support
required by the resource adapter. The application server uses a transaction manager
to take responsibility for managing transactions across multiple resource managers.
The transaction support options include:
You can click Version Information to go to the Version Information dialog to enter
vendor, EIS type, and specification version information.
You can click Description to enter a description of the resource adapter.
You can click Icons to go to the Icon dialog to choose the icons that GUI tools will
use to represent the resource adapter.
You can select only GIF or JPEG files that are either 16x16 or 32x32 pixels.