Resource environment entry settings
Use this page to configure resource environment entries. Within an application server name space, the data contained in a resource environment entry is converted into an object that represents a physical resource. Rather than represent a connection factory, which provides connections to a resource, this object directly represents a resource. This design can make the resource available to application modules that do not run entirely on the application server. Examples include some application clients and web modules.
We can access this console page in one of two ways:
- Resources > Resource Environment > Resource environment entries > resource_environment_entry
- Resources >Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers > resource_environment_provider > Resource Environment Entries > resource_environment_entry
Scope
Scope of the resource environment provider, which is a library that supplies the implementation class for a resource environment factory. Within a JNDI name space, WAS uses the factory to transform the resource environment entry into an object that directly represents a physical resource.
Provider
Resource environment provider.
Provider shows all of the existing resource environment providers defined at the relevant scope. Select one from the list to use an existing resource environment provider as Provider.
Name
Specifies a display name for the resource.
Information Value Data type String
JNDI name
Specifies the JNDI name for the resource, including any naming subcontexts.
This name is used as the linkage between the platform's binding information for resources defined by a module's deployment descriptor and actual resources bound into JNDI by the platform.
Information Value Data type String Important: Adhere to the following requirements for JNDI names:
- Do not assign duplicate JNDI names across different resource types (such as resource environment entries versus J2C connection factories).
- Do not assign duplicate JNDI names for multiple resources of the same type in the same scope.
Description
Specifies a text description for the resource.
Information Value Data type String
Category
Specifies a category string that we can use to classify or group the resource.
Information Value Data type String
Referenceables
Referenceable, which encapsulates the class name of the factory that converts resource environment entry data into a class instance for a physical resource.
Information Value Data type Drop-down menu
Related tasks
Configure new resource environment entries to map logical environment resource names to physical names Configure new resource environment entries for application clients