Create New Session Dialog

Use this dialog to create a new TopLink database or server session.

Field | Description
--- | ---
Name | Name of the new session.
Use Server Platform | Check this field if you intend to deploy your application to a J2EE application server. If you check this field, you must configure the target application server by selecting a Platform.

Platform

This option is only available if you check Use Server Platform.

Select the J2EE application server that you will deploy your application to.

TopLink supports the following J2EE application servers:

- `oc4j-903-platform`

- `oc4j-1013-platform`

- `weblogic-61-platform`

- `websphere-40-platform`

- `websphere-50-platform`

- `websphere-51-platform`

The server platform you select is the default server platform for all sessions you create in this session configuration. At the session level, you can override this selection or specify a custom server platform class (see "Configuring the Server Platform").

Select Data Source

Select the data source for this session configuration. Each session configuration must contain one data source. Choose:

- Database to create a session for a relational project.

- EIS to create a session for an EIS XML project.

- XML to create a session for an XML project.

See "TopLink Project Types" for more information.

Select Session

Select the session type for this configuration:

- Server Session to create a session for a single data store (including shared object cache and connection pools) for multiple clients in a three-tier application.

- Database Session to create a session for a single database (including shared object cache and connection pools) for a single client suitable for simple applications or prototyping.

See "Session Types" for more information.

See Also

Creating Sessions