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 Applicationweblogic-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-mapTroubleshooting
Cannot Map a ManagedConnectionFactory
Causes and Workarounds
Remote JVM
Improper Implementation of ManagedConnectionFactory