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    datasource.xml needed?

    nimo22

      In JPA, I can set my datasource-connection within the persistence-unit:

       

      <persistence>

      <persistence-unit name="...">

       

      <properties>

      <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value=".."/>

      <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value=".."/>

      <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value=".."/>

      <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value=".."/>

      </properties>

      </persistence-unit>

      </persistence>

       

       

      Is there any good reason not to use this and instead set up the connection in datasource.xml?:

       

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

       

      <!DOCTYPE datasources

          PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD JBOSS JCA Config 1.5//EN"

          "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-ds_1_5.dtd">

       

      <datasources>

         <local-tx-datasource>

            <jndi-name>...</jndi-name>

       

           <driver-class>..</driver-class>

            <connection-url>..</connection-url>

            <user-name>..</user-name>

            <password>..</password>

       

         </local-tx-datasource>

      </datasources>

       

       

      Why do I need the datasource.xml in JPA2 - is datasource jboss as specific (..doctype //JBoss//DTD JBOSS ..) ?

        • 1. datasource.xml needed?
          jaikiran

          You'll get connection pooling if you use a datasource.

          • 2. datasource.xml needed?
            jaikiran

            By the way, it's *-ds.xml file which is used for datasource configuration in JBoss AS.

            • 3. datasource.xml needed?
              nickarls

              Is @DataSourceDefinition pooled and deployed as a "real" DS?

              • 4. datasource.xml needed?
                jaikiran

                Nicklas Karlsson wrote:

                 

                Is @DataSourceDefinition pooled and deployed as a "real" DS?

                Yes, internally in JBoss AS the @DataSourceDefinition is converted to the JBoss specific datasource (a local-tx-datasource, if I remember correctly).

                • 5. datasource.xml needed?
                  nickarls

                  Recall it it's it scoped to definining application or free for everbody to use?

                  • 6. datasource.xml needed?
                    jaikiran

                    Nicklas Karlsson wrote:

                     

                    Recall it it's it scoped to definining application or free for everbody to use?

                    The spec allows the user to specify in which JNDI namespace it gets bound:

                     

                     

                    Java EE6 Spec, section EE.5.17 DataSource Resource Definition:

                     

                    The DataSource resource may be defined in any of the JNDI namespaces described in Section EE.5.2.2, “Application Component Environment Namespaces”. For example, a DataSource resource may be defined:

                     

                    - in the java:comp namespace, for use by a single component

                    - in the java:module namespace, for use by all components in a module

                    - in the java:app namespace, for use by all components in an application

                    - in the java:global namespace, for use by all applications.

                    • 7. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                      nimo22
                      {quote}You'll get connection pooling if you use a datasource.{quote}

                       

                      So if I want to use connection pooling in Jboss AS, I have to use a additional file, namely the xy-ds.xml, even I have also declared my

                      connection-url, driver-class, user-name and password via the JPA-standard property names in persistence.xml? Am I right?

                       

                      Is this also in glassfish or other application servers?

                       

                      It's possible in JPA2 to use one place to configure my datasource (persistence.xml), so I do not need to care of another file (xy-ds.xml).But if I want connectin pooling, then I need a xy-ds.xml.

                       

                       

                      Would it be possible (or senseful), if Jboss took the needed properties for connection pooling from persistence.xml?

                      Thus, we dont need a xy-ds.xml anymore.

                      • 8. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                        nickarls

                        The @DataSourceDefinition discussed above should liberate you from this extra file.

                        • 9. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                          jaikiran

                          nimo stephan wrote:

                           

                          You'll get connection pooling if you use a datasource.

                           

                          So if I want to use connection pooling in Jboss AS, I have to use a additional file, namely the xy-ds.xml, even I have also declared my

                          connection-url, driver-class, user-name and password via the JPA-standard property names in persistence.xml? Am I right?

                           

                          If you are using a datasource, you don't have to use those connection properties in the persistence.xml. Instead you just use the <jta-data-source> element in the persistence.xml and point it to the jndi name of your datasource.

                           

                           

                          nimo stephan wrote:

                           


                           

                          Is this also in glassfish or other application servers?

                           

                          The way you create/configure the datasource in glassfish and other application servers will be different. But pointing to the datasource in the persistence.xml is the same way as I explained a few lines back.

                          • 10. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                            jaikiran

                            Nicklas Karlsson wrote:

                             

                            The @DataSourceDefinition discussed above should liberate you from this extra file.

                            Yes, that's one other option for Java EE6 applications (If you are using xmls to define the data-source, then remember to use the correct xsd in the web.xml or ejb-jar.xml file).

                            • 11. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                              nimo22

                              By the way, I do use "java:/MY_DS" in my persistence.xml, so I do not use java:comp, java:module, java:app, java:global namespace. But it works. Should I change it to "java:app/MY_DS" ?

                               

                              Another question is, I use JTA-Transaction (by default) and not transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL", how does it relate to local-tx-datasource in my xy-ds.xml ?

                               

                              my pu:

                              <persistence-unit name="MY_PU">

                                    <provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>

                                    <jta-data-source>java:/MY_DS</jta-data-source>

                               

                              my xy-ds.xml

                               

                              <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

                               

                              <!DOCTYPE datasources

                                  PUBLIC "-//JBoss//DTD JBOSS JCA Config 1.5//EN"

                                  "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-ds_1_5.dtd">

                              <datasources>

                                 <local-tx-datasource>

                                    <jndi-name>MY_DS</jndi-name>

                               


                              • 12. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                                jaikiran

                                nimo stephan wrote:

                                 

                                By the way, I do use "java:/MY_DS" in my persistence.xml, so I do not use java:comp, java:module, java:app, java:global namespace. But it works. Should I change it to "java:app/MY_DS" ?

                                No, stick to java:/My_DS since you haven't configured a @DataSourceDefinition as specified by Java EE6 spec.

                                 

                                 

                                nimo stephan wrote:

                                 

                                 

                                 

                                Another question is, I use JTA-Transaction (by default) and not transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL", how does it relate to local-tx-datasource in my xy-ds.xml ?

                                 

                                The (JBoss specific) local-tx-datasource  and the transaction-type in the persistence.xml are completely different things. See the JPA spec for more details on what transaction-type attribute means. As for the local-tx-datasource, see this http://community.jboss.org/wiki/configdatasources

                                • 13. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                                  nimo22
                                  {quote}If you are using a datasource, you don't have to use those connection properties in the persistence.xml. Instead you just use the <jta-data-source> element in the persistence.xml and point it to the jndi name of your datasource.{quote}

                                   

                                  Yes, I know, I have used that this way. I was just wondering because jpa2 does specified these properties, so I have thought that I do not need xy-ds.xml anymore.

                                   

                                  The fact is:

                                   

                                  When using JBOSS AS and when I want to use connection pooling, then I have to use a datasource even if I declared the SAME datas (connection-url, driver-class, user-name, password) already in a standardized JPA2-manner.

                                   

                                  By the way, I guess, the xy-ds.xml is not standard-conform because we have to use the doctype "//JBoss//DTD JBOSS JCA Config 1.5//EN", hence  xy-ds.xml cannot be used in other JEE-Containers -xy-ds.xml ispure jboss-specific.

                                   

                                  The question is:

                                   

                                  Would it be senseful, if Jboss AS takes the values needed for connection pooling out of the persistence.xml. If so, then we can deprecate xy-ds.xml;)

                                  • 14. Re: datasource.xml needed?
                                    nickarls

                                    (you don't have to use the connection-url properties in your persistence.xml, a jndi name that matches the one defined in the -ds is enough.)

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