what is the connection between a resource adapter and a *-ds

[101]

i have my own .rar with my jca resource adapter in it. if i understand correctly i need to deploy a *-ds.xml so that this RA is bound to a jndi name and can be used from a session bean...

but looking at the examples i can't see how jboss will see from my *-ds.xml that it should use my RA implementation.

in ra.xml i can't see anything that uniquely identifies my RA and could be used in my *-ds.xml as a reference. or am i way off?

my other issue is that i would like to package my .rar and my *-ds.xml in one ear. is it possible at all? i have a entry for my *-ds.xml in jboss-app.xml, and a in my application.xml.

my *-ds.xml:

<connection-factories>

<no-tx-connection-factory>
<jndi-name>BDL-Connector</jndi-name>

<adapter-display-name>BDL Datasource</adapter-display-name>

<config-property name="userName" type="java.lang.String"></config-property>
<config-property name="password" type="java.lang.String"></config-property>
<config-property name="database" type="java.lang.String"></config-property>
<config-property name="host" type="java.lang.String"></config-property>

<min-pool-size>0</min-pool-size>
<max-pool-size>5</max-pool-size>

<blocking-timeout-millis>5000</blocking-timeout-millis>
<idle-timeout-minutes>5</idle-timeout-minutes>

<application-managed-security/>

</no-tx-connection-factory>
</connection-factories>

[adrian.brock]

When you deploy your RAR it should create an MBean
with the name
jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name=Whatever

The Whatever comes from ra.xml and must match
the <adapter-display-name> in your -ds.xml

What is the problem with specifying -ds.xml in the
jboss-app.xml?

Regards,
Adrian

[101]

thanks a lot, warjort!

it's very confusing that it's called display-name, that's why i automatically tought that it's not an important attribute... damn, i was looking for this piece of info for days.

thanks again, the *-ds.xml seems to work from jboss-app.xml.

- 101

[photon]

Which field in the ra.xml do you put into the adapter-display-name in the *-ds.xml ? Thanks

[adrian.brock]

<display-name>

Regards,
Adrian