Java Database Connectivity 4.0

This feature enables the configuration of DataSources to access Databases from applications. Any database that complies with the JDBC 4.0 specification can be used; customized configuration of many specific providers is included. High performance connection pooling is also provided.

Enable this feature

To enable the Java Database Connectivity 4.0 feature, add the following element declaration into the server.xml file, inside the featureManager element:

<feature>jdbc-4.0</feature>

Feature configuration elements

• authData
• classloading
• connectionManager
• dataSource
• jdbcDriver
• kerberos
• transaction

Liberty API packages provided by this feature

• com.ibm.ws.jca.cm.mbean

Features that this feature enables

• jndi-1.0

Supported Java versions

• JavaSE-1.8
• JavaSE-11.0
• JavaSE-17.0
• JavaSE-21.0
• JavaSE-24.0

Platform Versions

• javaee-6.0

Features that enable this feature

• batch-1.0
• batchManagement-1.0
• jpa-2.0
• osgi.jpa-1.0
• sessionDatabase-1.0
• webProfile-6.0

Develop a feature that depends on this feature

If we are developing a feature that depends on this feature, include the following item in the Subsystem-Content header in your feature manifest file.

com.ibm.websphere.appserver.jdbc-4.0; type="osgi.subsystem.feature"