| 1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference - The GlobalNamingResources Component</title><meta value="Remy Maucherat" name="author"><meta value="remm@apache.org" name="email"><meta value="Yoav Shapira" name="author"><meta value="yoavs@apache.org" name="email"></head><body vlink="#525D76" alink="#525D76" link="#525D76" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt=" | 
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| 3 | " align="right" src="../../images/tomcat.gif"></a></td><td><font face="arial,helvetica,sanserif"><h1>Apache Tomcat 6.0</h1></font></td><td><!--APACHE LOGO--><a href="http://www.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt="Apache Logo" align="right" src="../../images/asf-logo.gif"></a></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><!--HEADER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><tr><!--RIGHT SIDE MAIN BODY--><td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><table cellspacing="4" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><h1>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference</h1><h2>The GlobalNamingResources Component</h2></td><td nowrap="true" valign="top" align="right"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Introduction"><strong>Introduction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 4 |  | 
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| 5 | <p>The <strong>GlobalNamingResources</strong> element defines the global | 
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| 6 | JNDI resources for the <a href="server.html">Server</a>.</p> | 
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| 7 |  | 
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| 8 | <p>These resources are listed in the server's global JNDI resource context. | 
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| 9 | This context is distinct from the per-web-application JNDI contexts | 
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| 10 | described in | 
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| 11 | the <a href="../../jndi-resources-howto.html">JNDI Resources HOW-TO</a>. | 
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| 12 | The resources defined in this element are <strong>not</strong> visible in | 
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| 13 | the per-web-application contexts unless you explicitly link them with | 
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| 14 | <a href="context.html#Resource Links"><ResourceLink></a> elements. | 
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| 15 | </p> | 
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| 16 |  | 
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| 17 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Attributes"><strong>Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 18 |  | 
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| 19 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Nested Components"><strong>Nested Components</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 20 |  | 
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| 21 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Special Features"><strong>Special Features</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 22 |  | 
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| 23 |  | 
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| 24 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Environment Entries"><strong>Environment Entries</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 25 |  | 
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| 26 | <p>You can configure named values that will be made visible to all | 
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| 27 | web applications as environment entry resources by nesting | 
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| 28 | <code><Environment></code> entries inside this element. For | 
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| 29 | example, you can create an environment entry like this:</p> | 
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| 30 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 31 | <GlobalNamingResources ...> | 
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| 32 | ... | 
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| 33 | <Environment name="maxExemptions" value="10" | 
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| 34 | type="java.lang.Integer" override="false"/> | 
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| 35 | ... | 
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| 36 | </GlobalNamingResources> | 
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| 37 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 38 |  | 
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| 39 | <p>This is equivalent to the inclusion of the following element in the | 
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| 40 | web application deployment descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>): | 
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| 41 | </p> | 
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| 42 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 43 | <env-entry> | 
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| 44 | <env-entry-name>maxExemptions</env-entry-name> | 
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| 45 | <env-entry-value>10</env-entry-value> | 
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| 46 | <env-entry-type>java.lang.Integer</env-entry-type> | 
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| 47 | </env-entry> | 
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| 48 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 49 | <p>but does <em>not</em> require modification of the deployment descriptor | 
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| 50 | to customize this value.</p> | 
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| 51 |  | 
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| 52 | <p>The valid attributes for an <code><Environment></code> element | 
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| 53 | are as follows:</p> | 
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| 54 |  | 
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| 55 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>description</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 56 | <p>Optional, human-readable description of this environment entry.</p> | 
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| 57 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>name</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 58 | <p>The name of the environment entry to be created, relative to the | 
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| 59 | <code>java:comp/env</code> context.</p> | 
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| 60 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>override</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 61 | <p>Set this to <code>false</code> if you do <strong>not</strong> want | 
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| 62 | an <code><env-entry></code> for the same environment entry name, | 
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| 63 | found in the web application deployment descriptor, to override the | 
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| 64 | value specified here.  By default, overrides are allowed.</p> | 
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| 65 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>type</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 66 | <p>The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web application | 
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| 67 | for this environment entry.  Must be one of the legal values for | 
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| 68 | <code><env-entry-type></code> in the web application deployment | 
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| 69 | descriptor:  <code>java.lang.Boolean</code>, | 
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| 70 | <code>java.lang.Byte</code>, <code>java.lang.Character</code>, | 
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| 71 | <code>java.lang.Double</code>, <code>java.lang.Float</code>, | 
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| 72 | <code>java.lang.Integer</code>, <code>java.lang.Long</code>, | 
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| 73 | <code>java.lang.Short</code>, or <code>java.lang.String</code>.</p> | 
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| 74 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>value</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 75 | <p>The parameter value that will be presented to the application | 
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| 76 | when requested from the JNDI context.  This value must be convertable | 
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| 77 | to the Java type defined by the <code>type</code> attribute.</p> | 
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| 78 | </td></tr></table> | 
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| 79 |  | 
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| 80 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 81 |  | 
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| 82 |  | 
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| 83 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Resource Definitions"><strong>Resource Definitions</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 84 |  | 
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| 85 | <p>You can declare the characteristics of resources | 
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| 86 | to be returned for JNDI lookups of <code><resource-ref></code> and | 
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| 87 | <code><resource-env-ref></code> elements in the web application | 
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| 88 | deployment descriptor by defining them in this element and then linking | 
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| 89 | them with <a href="context.html#Resource Links"><ResourceLink></a> | 
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| 90 | elements | 
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| 91 | in the <code><strong><Context></strong></code> element. | 
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| 92 |  | 
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| 93 | You <strong>MUST</strong> also define any other needed parameters using | 
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| 94 | attributes on the Resource element, to configure | 
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| 95 | the object factory to be used (if not known to Tomcat already), and | 
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| 96 | the properties used to configure that object factory.</p> | 
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| 97 |  | 
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| 98 | <p>For example, you can create a resource definition like this:</p> | 
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| 99 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 100 | <GlobalNamingResources ...> | 
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| 101 | ... | 
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| 102 | <Resource name="jdbc/EmployeeDB" auth="Container" | 
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| 103 | type="javax.sql.DataSource" | 
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| 104 | description="Employees Database for HR Applications"/> | 
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| 105 | ... | 
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| 106 | </GlobalNamingResources> | 
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| 107 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 108 |  | 
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| 109 | <p>This is equivalent to the inclusion of the following element in the | 
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| 110 | web application deployment descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>):</p> | 
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| 111 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 112 | <resource-ref> | 
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| 113 | <description>Employees Database for HR Applications</description> | 
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| 114 | <res-ref-name>jdbc/EmployeeDB</res-ref-name> | 
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| 115 | <res-ref-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-ref-type> | 
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| 116 | <res-auth>Container</res-auth> | 
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| 117 | </resource-ref> | 
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| 118 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 119 |  | 
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| 120 | <p>but does <em>not</em> require modification of the deployment | 
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| 121 | descriptor to customize this value.</p> | 
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| 122 |  | 
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| 123 | <p>The valid attriutes for a <code><Resource></code> element | 
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| 124 | are as follows:</p> | 
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| 125 |  | 
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| 126 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>auth</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 127 | <p>Specify whether the web Application code signs on to the | 
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| 128 | corresponding resource manager programatically, or whether the | 
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| 129 | Container will sign on to the resource manager on behalf of the | 
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| 130 | application.  The value of this attribute must be | 
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| 131 | <code>Application</code> or <code>Container</code>.  This | 
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| 132 | attribute is <strong>required</strong> if the web application | 
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| 133 | will use a <code><resource-ref></code> element in the web | 
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| 134 | application deployment descriptor, but is optional if the | 
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| 135 | application uses a <code><resource-env-ref></code> instead.</p> | 
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| 136 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>description</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 137 | <p>Optional, human-readable description of this resource.</p> | 
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| 138 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>name</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 139 | <p>The name of the resource to be created, relative to the | 
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| 140 | <code>java:comp/env</code> context.</p> | 
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| 141 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>scope</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 142 | <p>Specify whether connections obtained through this resource | 
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| 143 | manager can be shared.  The value of this attribute must be | 
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| 144 | <code>Shareable</code> or <code>Unshareable</code>.  By default, | 
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| 145 | connections are assumed to be shareable.</p> | 
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| 146 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>type</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 147 | <p>The fully qualified Java class name expected by the web | 
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| 148 | application when it performs a lookup for this resource.</p> | 
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| 149 | </td></tr></table> | 
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| 150 |  | 
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| 151 |  | 
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| 152 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 153 |  | 
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| 154 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Resource Links"><strong>Resource Links</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 155 | <p>Use <a href="context.html#Resource Links"><ResourceLink></a> | 
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| 156 | elements to link resources from the global context into | 
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| 157 | per-web-application contexts. Here is an example of making a custom | 
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| 158 | factory available to all applications in the server, based on the example | 
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| 159 | definition in the | 
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| 160 | <a href="../../jndi-resources-howto.html#Generic JavaBean Resources"> | 
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| 161 | JNDI Resource HOW-TO</a>: | 
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| 162 | </p> | 
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| 163 |  | 
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| 164 | <div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4"><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#ffffff"><pre> | 
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| 165 |  | 
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| 166 | <DefaultContext> | 
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| 167 | <ResourceLink | 
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| 168 | name="bean/MyBeanFactory" | 
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| 169 | global="bean/MyBeanFactory" | 
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| 170 | type="com.mycompany.MyBean" | 
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| 171 | /> | 
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| 172 | </DefaultContext> | 
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| 173 |  | 
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| 174 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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| 175 |  | 
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| 176 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 177 |  | 
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| 178 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Transaction"><strong>Transaction</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 179 |  | 
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| 180 | <p>You can declare the characteristics of the UserTransaction | 
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| 181 | to be returned for JNDI lookup for <code>java:comp/UserTransaction</code>. | 
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| 182 | You <strong>MUST</strong> define an object factory class to instantiate | 
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| 183 | this object as well as the needed resource parameters as attributes of the | 
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| 184 | <code>Transaction</code> | 
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| 185 | element, and the properties used to configure that object factory.</p> | 
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| 186 |  | 
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| 187 | <p>The valid attributes for the <code><Transaction></code> element | 
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| 188 | are as follows:</p> | 
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| 189 |  | 
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| 190 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>factory</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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| 191 | <p>The class name for the JNDI object factory.</p> | 
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| 192 | </td></tr></table> | 
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| 193 |  | 
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| 194 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 195 |  | 
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| 196 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> | 
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| 197 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation | 
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| 198 | </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html> | 
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