Resource Adapter Wizard Introduction

The Resource Adapter Wizard helps you create a resource adapter, provide an EAR, and generate a from the information that you enter into the first two screens of the Wizard. The Wizard bundles a into a Resource Adapter .rar file, hereafter called a RAR file.

Use of Wizard Dialogs

The wizard allows you to create new Resource Adapters and EAR files. The settings and configuration parameters may be conveniently provided by selecting a created RAR or Resource Adapter in the file view of the Deployment Tool and selecting the appropriate tab to access similar functionality in a tabbed pane.

Other RAR and Resource Adapter Functionality

Already created EARs and Resource Adapters may be added to an application by using the EAR button in the second group of buttons on the tool bar of the primary screen of Deployment Tool. Update and deployment of the application are accomplished using the third set of buttons on the tool bar. Finally, the correctness of the components and files of the application may be checked before deployment using the verifier tool.

Using Wizard Screens

At any point in the process the user may do any of the following:

Result From Wizard

The later screens of the Wizard offer the user the options to After Finish has been clicked, the deployment descriptor may be reviewed at any time by selecting the resource adapter from the Deployment Tool tree and choosing Descriptor View from the Tools menu.

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