hi frenz,
I am new to jboss and j2ee, i have to deploy one resource adapter for IMAP and POP3 in jboss, It is bundled in two packages

org.jboss.seam.mail.ra (has 9 java classes)
+ in which InboundMailResourceAdapter class implements Resource Adapter.

org.jboss.seam.example.mailer (has one ReceiveEmailExample class)

and one ra.xml as shown

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

<connector xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.5">
<display-name>Incoming Email Resource Adapter</display-name>
<vendor-name>Peter Muir</vendor-name>
<eis-type>POP3 and IMAP email</eis-type>
<resourceadapter-version>1.0</resourceadapter-version>

<resourceadapter-class>
org.jboss.seam.mail.ra.InboundMailResourceAdapter
</resourceadapter-class>
<inbound-resourceadapter>


<messagelistener-type>
org.jboss.seam.mail.ra.InboundMailListener
</messagelistener-type>

<activationspec-class>
org.jboss.seam.mail.ra.InboundMailActivationSpec
</activationspec-class>
<required-config-property>
<config-property-name>
host
</config-property-name>
</required-config-property>
<required-config-property>
<config-property-name>
username
</config-property-name>
</required-config-property>
<required-config-property>
<config-property-name>
password
</config-property-name>
</required-config-property>
<required-config-property>
<config-property-name>
interval
</config-property-name>
</required-config-property>
<required-config-property>
<config-property-name>
type
</config-property-name>
</required-config-property>



</inbound-resourceadapter>




First i complied all java files in eclipse by providing required jar in path.
Then i bundled these class files and ra.xml into mail_ra.rar.
Now to deploy it in JBoss i have written a mail_ds.xml as shown

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE connection-factories PUBLIC
"-//JBoss//DTD JBOSS JCA Config 1.5//EN"
"http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss-ds_1_5.dtd">

<connection-factories>

<no-tx-connection-factory>
<jndi-name>Incoming Email Resource Adapter</jndi-name>
<rar-name>mail_ra.rar</rar-name>
<connection-definition>
org.jboss.seam.mail.ra.InboundMailResourceAdapter
</connection-definition>
<config-property name="RepositoryPath"
type="java.lang.String">..</config-property>
</no-tx-connection-factory>

</connection-factories>


My queries are the parameter value of <connection-definition> must be a connectionfactory class, but the class i provided is implementing ResourceAdapter.
Also when i tried to deploy it in JBoss AS 4.2.1, it failed.
I also decompiled some ra.jars present in deploy folder and verified the java files. The implementation of those files is different with the files i was tying to deploy.
Could any one suggest me, the process to deploy resource adapter in jboss?
I have read abt JCA and resource adapters