Overview of WebLogic J2EE Connectors

 

WebLogic J2EE Connector Terminology

Overview of the BEA WebLogic J2EE Connector Implementation

J2EE Connector Architecture Components


System-level Contracts
Common Client Interface (CCI)
Packaging and Deployment

 


Security

 

Container-Managed and Application-Managed Sign-on


Application-Managed Sign-on
Container-Managed Sign-on

 

Password Credential Mapping Mechanism


Authentication Mechanisms
Configuring Credential Mappings Using the Console
Defining Users and Groups
Defining Users
Defining Groups

 

Default Resource Principal

Security Policy Processing

 


Transaction Management

 

Supported Transaction Levels

Specifying the Transaction Levels in the RAR Configuration

Transaction Management Contract

 


Connection Management

 

Configuring Connection Properties

BEA WebLogic Server Extended Connection Management Features


Minimizing the Run-Time Performance Cost Associated with Creating ManagedConnections
Controlling Connection Pool Growth
Reserving Connections
Controlling System Resource Usage
Detecting Connection Leaks
Garbage Collector Method
Connection Inactivity Detector Method
Connection Proxy Wrapper

 

Monitoring Connections Using the Console


Getting Started
Viewing Leaked Connections
Viewing Idle Connections

 

Error Logging and Tracing Facility

 


Packaging and Deploying Connectors

 

Packaging Connectors


Packaging Directory Structure
Packaging Considerations
Packaging Limitations
Packaging Connector Archives (RARs)

 

Deploying Connectors


Deployment Options
Deployment Descriptor
Connector Deployment Names

 


Configuration

 

Resource Adapter Developer Tools


ANT Tasks to Create Skeleton Deployment Descriptors
WebLogic Builder
XML Editors

 

Configuring Resource Adapters


Resource Adapter Overview
Creating and Modifying Resource Adapters: Main Steps
Creating a New Resource Adapter Archive (RAR)
Modifying an Existing Resource Adapter (RAR)

 

Configuring the ra.xml File

Configuring the weblogic-ra.xml File


Automatic Generation of the weblogic-ra.xml File
Configuring the ra-link-ref Element

 

Configuring the Transaction Level Type

 


Client Considerations

 

Common Client Interface (CCI)

ConnectionFactory and Connection

Obtaining the ConnectionFactory (Client-JNDI Interaction)


Obtaining a Connection in a Managed Application
Obtaining a Connection in a Non-Managed Application

weblogic-ra.xml Deployment Descriptor Elements

 

Manually Editing XML Deployment Files


Basic Conventions
DOCTYPE Header Information
Document Type Definitions (DTDs) for Validation

 

Using WebLogic Builder to Edit Deployment Descriptors

Dynamic Descriptor Updates

weblogic-ra.xml Element Descriptions


weblogic-connection-factory-dd
pool-params
map-config-property
security-principal-map

Troubleshooting

 

Cannot Map a ManagedConnectionFactory

Causes and Workarounds


Remote JVM
Improper Implementation of ManagedConnectionFactory

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