Configuration files in the application server

The resource adapter and EJB configuration properties are defined in the following files:

• ra.xml

  Default deployment descriptor for the resource adapter.

  This file is present in the BeanConnect RAR archive and defines the resource adapter's general properties.

• weblogic-ra.xml

  WebLogic-specific deployment descriptor for the resource adapter.

  This file describes the WebLogic-specific settings for the resource adapter. Some of the entries in weblogic-ra.xml refer to entries in ra.xml.

• ejb-jar.xml

  Default deployment descriptor for EJBs.

  This file describes various items including the EJB properties that are relevant for communications. The entries refer to entries in weblogic-ra-jar.xml and weblogic ejb-jar.xml.

• weblogic-ejb-jar.xml

  WebLogic-specific deployment descriptor for EJBs.

  You need this file during inbound communication in order to assign a message-driven bean to a resource adapter and during outbound communication in order to assign a JNDI name (JNDI = Java Naming and Directory Interface) to the employed connection factories.

  The entries refer to entries in weblogic-ra.xml.

Some of the properties of the EJBs can be described in annotations instead of in deployment descriptor files. Below, only the description of the properties of the EJBs with deployment descriptor is presented.

The section below describes the procedure you may adopt during configuration.