Resource environment entries collection

View configured 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. This resource is frequently called an environment resource.

An environment resource can be of any arbitrary type. See the latest EJB specification for more information about resource environment references and environment resources.

We can access this administrative console page in one of two ways:

• Resources > Resource Environment > Resource environment entries
• Resources >Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers > resource_environment_provider > Resource Environment Entries

Name

Text identifier that helps distinguish this resource environment entry from others.

For example, we can use My Resource for the name.

Information	Value
Data type	String

JNDI Name

String to be used when looking up this environment resource using JNDI.

This is the string to which you bind resource environment reference deployment descriptors.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Scope

Resource environment entry scope, which is inherited from the resource environment provider.

Provider

Resource environment provider for this entry. The provider encapsulates the classes that, when implemented, convert resource environment entry data into resource objects.

Description

Text for information to help further identify and distinguish this resource

Information	Value
Data type	String

Category

Category we can use to group environment resources according to some common feature.

It is strictly an organizational property and has no effect on the function of the environment resource.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Configure new resource environment entries to map logical environment resource names to physical names

Administrative console preference settings

Resource environment entry settings