File	Doc	Category	Size	Date	Package
ConnectionFactory.java	API Doc	Glassfish v2 API	7082	Fri May 04 22:35:34 BST 2007	javax.resource.cci

ConnectionFactory

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public Connection	getConnection() Gets a connection to an EIS instance. This getConnection variant should be used when a component wants the container to manage EIS sign-on. This case is termed container-managed sign-on. The component does not pass any security information. return Connection instance throws ResourceException Failed to get a connection to the EIS instance. Examples of error cases are: Invalid configuration of ManagedConnectionFactory-- example: invalid server name Application server-internal error--example: connection pool related error Communication error EIS-specific error--example: EIS not active Resource adapter-internal error Security related error; example: invalid user Failure to allocate system resources
public Connection	getConnection(ConnectionSpec properties) Gets a connection to an EIS instance. A component should use the getConnection variant with javax.resource.cci.ConnectionSpec parameter, if it needs to pass any resource adapter specific security information and connection parameters. In the component- managed sign-on case, an application component passes security information (example: username, password) through the ConnectionSpec instance. It is important to note that the properties passed through the getConnection method should be client-specific (example: username, password, language) and not related to the configuration of a target EIS instance (example: port number, server name). The ManagedConnectionFactory instance is configured with complete set of properties required for the creation of a connection to an EIS instance. param properties Connection parameters and security information specified as ConnectionSpec instance return Connection instance throws ResourceException Failed to get a connection to the EIS instance. Examples of error cases are: Invalid specification of input parameters Invalid configuration of ManagedConnectionFactory-- example: invalid server name Application server-internal error--example: connection pool related error Communication error EIS-specific error--example: EIS not active Resource adapter-internal error Security related error; example: invalid user Failure to allocate system resources see javax.resource.cci.ConnectionSpec
public ResourceAdapterMetaData	getMetaData() Gets metadata for the Resource Adapter. Note that the metadata information is about the ResourceAdapter and not the EIS instance. An invocation of this method does not require that an active connection to an EIS instance should have been established. return ResourceAdapterMetaData instance throws ResourceException Failed to get metadata information about the resource adapter
public RecordFactory	getRecordFactory() Gets a RecordFactory instance. The RecordFactory is used for the creation of generic Record instances. return RecordFactory RecordFactory instance throws ResourceException Failed to create a RecordFactory throws NotSupportedException Operation not supported