Hi,
On 12/28/2012 01:01 PM, Sivakumar Thyagarajan wrote:
>> * This 'configuration' will likely have activations of connection
>> factories and admin objects too
>>
>
> I see the configuration of the RA as being a distinct act (Section
> 5.3.7.1) from the configuration of MCF (5.3.7.5) and AO (13.4.2.4). The
> configuration of the former is out-of-band and is performed by the
> system administrator through application-server-specific tools as
> explained above. The latter may be done through vendor-specific tools or
> through the new resource definition annotations.
>
Yes, but you are depending on the system administrator doing that before
the application can be deployed.
This work-flow is highly vendor specific, so you can't assume that all
will follow / support that.
>> * The config-property's are done separate from the annotation
>> activations,
>> making users have to look in different places to get the entire picture
>>
>
> I may not have understood this correctly. Are you talking about
> @ConfigProperty or the properties annotation element in the resource
> definition annotations?
>
The @ConfigProperty's for the resource adapter are done using the vendor
specific tools.
The @ConfigProperty's for the managed connection factories and admin
objects are done with the new deployment annotations.
Giving
>> Configuration Annotations
>>
>> (CF) CF
>> | |
>> RA-------------
>> | |
>> (AO) AO
>>
>>
>> which doesn't make it clearer for the user IMHO.
>>
>> Yes, but it very important that the user is clearly able to identify
>> which
>> resource adapter instance the CF/AO/... is associated to.
>
> Yes, completely agree. This is done through the resourceAdapterName
> annotation element.
>
Which is done externally to the application, using vendor specific tools.
I don't like this at all.
>> Yes, there is a lot of glue between 1) and 2), but that makes this area
>> tricky to get right.
>
> I agree, and your suggestions are welcome. As of now, we are trying to
> define RA activation (as described earlier in this thread), as it has
> been traditionally a deploy-time activity. EE7 is looking at simplifying
> resource definitions once we have a RA activation.
>
Yes, but in order for that to work we need to include all the components
of that picture, like my @ResourceAdapterDeployment.
Best regards,
Jesper