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Re: using jpa on existing databases - errata corridge

From: Eve Pokua <gorgeous65_at_msn.com>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 16:30:54 +0100

Hell Alessandro,

I understand you have more than one database connecting to. But you might
want to send in some codes so the persistence team could test it for you.

Thanks

eve

>From: Alessandro Pedrotti <alessandrop_at_anthesi.it>
>Reply-To: persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>To: persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>Subject: Re: using jpa on existing databases - errata corridge
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:52:31 +0200
>
>The problem is exactly this. Our ejbs extract data from different
>databases.
>One database for each web site.
>Our application server hosts multiple web sites.
>
>All web sites are served from the same .ear application.
>
>I use eclipse, but our development process must be ide-indipendent (vi like
>possible), for strategical choiches.
>I dont't want my team be forced to use one or the other ide.
>
>All our compile, packaging, deploy process is ant-based.
>
>
>Thansk in advance.
>
>
>Eve Pokua wrote:
>>Hi Alessandro,
>>
>>If it is one DB you are trying to connect to, then why use more than one
>>connection pool.
>>Besides in your ejb entity class(stateful or stateless), you would have a
>>persistenceContext making
>>a reference to a particular persistence unit and an entity manager, as
>>below:
>>
>>@PersistenceContext(name="STOCKDETAILS-ejbPU")
>>
>>
>> EntityManager em;
>>
>>The STOCKDETAILS-ejbPU is basically the persistence unit name.
>>
>>The persistence unit will contain details of your data source. You would
>>have already set this up
>>as mentioned below in your admin console. And you would have already set
>>up your connection pool and tested it and also set up your JDBC
>>datasource. The persistence Unit would look a bit like below:
>>
>><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
>><application version="5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
>>xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>>xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
>>http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/application_5.xsd">
>> <display-name>STOCKINFOR2</display-name>
>> <module>
>> <web>
>> <web-uri>STOCKINFOR2-war.war</web-uri>
>> <context-root>/STOCKINFOR2-war</context-root>
>> </web>
>> </module>
>> <module>
>> <java>STOCKINFOR2-app-client.jar</java>
>> </module>
>> <module>
>> <ejb>STOCKINFOR2-ejb.jar</ejb>
>> </module>
>></application>
>>
>>Can I also ask, which IDE you are using?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>eve
>>
>>>From: Alessandro Pedrotti <alessandrop_at_anthesi.it> Reply-To:
>>>persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>>>To: persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>>>Subject: using jpa on existing databases - errata corridge
>>>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 08:32:55 +0200
>>>
>>>The question is this:
>>>
>>>I've never used jpa and persistence in my java ee 5 application.
>>>Now i want to introduce it for some features.
>>>
>>>My envirorment is glassfishThe question is this:
>>>
>>>I want to write a simple ejb and the relative entity using jpa
>>>technology, but i have the following problem.
>>>
>>>My application uses severals connection pools, one pool per customer.
>>>Currently the pool to be used is dinamically determined via jndi lookup
>>>(at runtime).
>>>
>>>When a new customer is added, he will have its own database.
>>>So we create the database and the respective connection pool on the appl
>>>server at runtime via the asadmin tool. No application ear re-packaging
>>>and re-deploy is required.
>>>
>>>Using jpa persistence unit i must statically define it in the
>>>persistence.xml.
>>>
>>>So running my application on domains that have different connection
>>>pools, requires that my appication ear to be re-packaged, mapping in the
>>>persistence.xml all the persistence units (that refer to the customer
>>>database).
>>>
>>>This is not good, because in this way i must package a
>>>configuration-specific ear for every appl server (or domain).
>>>
>>>Is this correct?
>>>
>>>Is there an alternative to hot deploy the persistence units (with the
>>>asadmin or smething like it), that will be looked up later via jndi
>>>lookup?
>>>
>>>The statically source code definition is not usable in my envirorment.
>>>
>>>Tahnks
>>>
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>Alessandro Pedrotti
>
>
>Anthesi s.r.l.
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