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 appserver. Examples include some application clients and Web modules. You 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
Configuration tab
- 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 your 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 that are defined at the relevant scope. Select one from the list if you want to use an existing resource environment provider as Provider.
- Name
Specify a display name for the resource.
Data type String
- JNDI name
Specify 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.
Data type String
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
Specify a text description for the resource.
Data type String
- Category
Specify a category string used to to classify or group the resource.
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.
Data type Drop-down menu
Related tasks
Mapping logical names of environment resources to their physical names
Configure new resource environment entries for application clients
Reference topic