Chapter 7. Connectors on JBoss

IN THIS CHAPTER

• JCA Overview

• An Overview of the JBossCX Architecture

• Configuring JDBC Datasources

• Configuring Generic JCA Adaptors

This chapter discusses the JBoss server implementation of the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA). JCA is a resource manager integration API whose goal is to standardize access to non-relational resources in the same way the JDBC API standardizes access to relational data. This chapter introduces the utility of the JCA APIs and then describes the architecture of JCA in JBoss