WAS v8.5 > Reference > SetsJ2C Connection Factories page
Use this page to view Java 2 Connector (J2C) connection factories, which represent sets of connection configuration values.
Application components such as enterprise beans have resource reference descriptors that refer to the connection factory, not the resource adapter. The connection factory is really a configuration properties list holder. In addition to the arbitrary set of configuration properties defined by the vendor of the resource adapter, there are several standard configuration properties that apply to the connection factory. These standard properties are used by the Java 2 Connectors connection pool manager in the application server run time and are not known by the vendor-supplied resource adapter code.
We can access this dmgr console page in one of two ways:
- Resources > Resource Adapters > J2C connection factories
- Resources > Resource Adapters > Resource adapters > resource_adapter > J2C connection factories
Name
Display name of a connection factory.
Information Value Data type String
JNDI name
JNDI name of this connection factory.
Information Value Data type String
Scope
Scope of the connection factory. Only applications that are installed within this scope can use this connection factory.
Provider
Specifies the resource adapter that WAS uses for this connection factory.
Specifies a text description of this connection factory.
Information Value Data type String
Connection factory interface
Fully qualified name of the interface that provides the implementation class for the connection factory.
Category
String used to classify or group this connection factory.
Information Value Data type String
Subtopics
- J2C connection factories settings
Use this page to specify settings for a connection factory.- J2C Connection Factory advanced settings
Use this page to specify settings for a Java 2 Connector (J2C) connection factory.- Resource workload routing
Use this topic to learn how to enable resource routing in the environment.- Data source resource definition in applications
In support of the Java EE 6 specification, applications can define data sources in annotations or in the deployment descriptor. This topic reviews similarities and compatibility with WebSphere Application Server data sources defined at the server, node, cluster, or cell level. Optional features in data source definition are also discussed.- Bean validation in RAR modules
WAS validates resource adapter archive (RAR) JavaBeans constraints in compliance with the Java Connector Architecture (JCA) version 1.6 specification.- Troubleshooting bean validation in RAR modules
RAR beans that fail validation are not placed into service. When constraint violations occur, applications encounter resource connectivity issues that are different according to the bean type and how the RAR is deployed. This topic explains how to understand, service, and prevent these known issues.- JCA 1.6 support for annotations in RAR modules
The Java Connector Architecture (JCA) v1.6 specification adds support for Java annotations in resource archive (RAR) modules. Annotations are a means of specifying metadata, or configuration data, for a RAR module in the class files that make up the module.
Related concepts:
Relational resource adapters and JCA
Connection pooling
Related
Configure connection factories for resource adapters within applications
Configure Java EE Connector connection factories in the dmgr console
Reference:
J2C connection factories settings
J2C Connection Factory advanced settings