| 1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat 6.0 - JNDI Resources HOW-TO</title><meta value="Craig R. McClanahan" name="author"><meta value="craigmcc@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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| 2 | The Apache Tomcat Servlet/JSP Container | 
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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 6.0</h1><h2>JNDI Resources HOW-TO</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>Tomcat 6 provides a JNDI <strong>InitialContext</strong> implementation | 
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| 6 | instance for each web application running under it, in a manner that is | 
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| 7 | compatible with those provided by a | 
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| 8 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee">Java2 Enterprise Edition</a> application | 
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| 9 | server. | 
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| 10 |  | 
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| 11 | The J2EE standard provides a standard set of elements in | 
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| 12 | the <code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code> file to reference resources; resources | 
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| 13 | referenced in these elements must be defined in an application-server-specific | 
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| 14 | configuration. | 
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| 15 | </p> | 
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| 16 |  | 
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| 17 | <p>For Tomcat 6, these entries in per-web-application | 
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| 18 | <code>InitialContext</code> are configured in the | 
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| 19 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> elements that | 
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| 20 | can be specified in either <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml</code> or, | 
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| 21 | preferably, the per-web-application context XML file ( | 
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| 22 | <code>META-INF/context.xml</code>). | 
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| 23 | </p> | 
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| 24 |  | 
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| 25 | <p>Tomcat 6 maintains a separate namespace of global resources for the | 
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| 26 | entire server.  These are configured in the | 
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| 27 | <a href="../config/globalresources.html"> | 
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| 28 | <code><strong><GlobalNameingResources></strong></code></a> element of | 
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| 29 | <code>$CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml</code>. You may expose these resources to | 
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| 30 | web applications by using | 
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| 31 | <code><strong><ResourceLink></strong></code> elements. | 
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| 32 | </p> | 
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| 33 |  | 
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| 34 | <p>The resources defined in these elements | 
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| 35 | may be referenced by the following elements in the web application deployment | 
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| 36 | descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) of your web application:</p> | 
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| 37 | <ul> | 
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| 38 | <li><code><strong><env-entry></strong></code> - Environment entry, a | 
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| 39 | single-value parameter that can be used to configure how the application | 
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| 40 | will operate.</li> | 
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| 41 | <li><code><strong><resource-ref></strong></code> - Resource reference, | 
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| 42 | which is typically to an object factory for resources such as a JDBC | 
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| 43 | <code>DataSource</code>, a JavaMail <code>Session</code>, or custom | 
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| 44 | object factories configured into Tomcat 6.</li> | 
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| 45 | <li><code><strong><resource-env-ref></strong></code> - Resource | 
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| 46 | environment reference, a new variation of <code>resource-ref</code> | 
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| 47 | added in Servlet 2.4 that is simpler to configure for resources | 
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| 48 | that do not require authentication information.</li> | 
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| 49 | </ul> | 
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| 50 |  | 
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| 51 | <p>The <code>InitialContext</code> is configured as a web application is | 
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| 52 | initially deployed, and is made available to web application components (for | 
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| 53 | read-only access).  All configured entries and resources are placed in | 
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| 54 | the <code>java:comp/env</code> portion of the JNDI namespace, so a typical | 
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| 55 | access to a resource - in this case, to a JDBC <code>DataSource</code> - | 
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| 56 | would look something like this:</p> | 
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| 57 |  | 
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| 58 | <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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| 59 | // Obtain our environment naming context | 
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| 60 | Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); | 
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| 61 | Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); | 
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| 62 |  | 
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| 63 | // Look up our data source | 
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| 64 | DataSource ds = (DataSource) | 
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| 65 | envCtx.lookup("jdbc/EmployeeDB"); | 
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| 66 |  | 
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| 67 | // Allocate and use a connection from the pool | 
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| 68 | Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); | 
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| 69 | ... use this connection to access the database ... | 
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| 70 | conn.close(); | 
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| 71 | </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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| 72 |  | 
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| 73 | <p>See the following Specifications for more information about programming APIs | 
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| 74 | for JNDI, and for the features supported by Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) | 
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| 75 | servers, which Tomcat emulates for the services that it provides:</p> | 
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| 76 | <ul> | 
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| 77 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jndi">Java Naming and Directory | 
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| 78 | Interface</a> (included in JDK 1.4 onwards)</li> | 
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| 79 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html">J2EE Platform | 
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| 80 | Specification</a> (in particular, see Chapter 5 on <em>Naming</em>)</li> | 
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| 81 | </ul> | 
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| 82 |  | 
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| 83 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Configuring JNDI Resources"><strong>Configuring JNDI Resources</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 84 |  | 
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| 85 | <p>Each available JNDI Resource is configured based on inclusion of the | 
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| 86 | following elements in the | 
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| 87 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element:</p> | 
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| 88 |  | 
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| 89 | <ul> | 
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| 90 | <li><a href="../config/context.html#Environment Entries"><Environment></a> - | 
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| 91 | Configure names and values for scalar environment entries that will be | 
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| 92 | exposed to the web application through the JNDI | 
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| 93 | <code>InitialContext</code> (equivalent to the inclusion of an | 
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| 94 | <code><env-entry></code> element in the web application | 
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| 95 | deployment descriptor).</li> | 
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| 96 | <li><a href="../config/context.html#Resource Definitions"><Resource></a> - | 
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| 97 | Configure the name and data type of a resource made available to the | 
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| 98 | application (equivalent to the inclusion of a | 
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| 99 | <code><resource-ref></code> element in the web application | 
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| 100 | deployment descriptor).</li> | 
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| 101 | <li><a href="../config/context.html#Resource Links"><ResourceLink></a> - | 
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| 102 | Add a link to a resource defined in the global JNDI context. Use resource | 
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| 103 | links to give a web application access to a resource defined in | 
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| 104 | the<a href="../config/globalresources.html"><GlobalNamingResources></a> | 
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| 105 | child element of the <a href="../config/server.html"><Server></a> | 
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| 106 | element.</li> | 
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| 107 | <li><a href="../config/context.html#Transaction"><Transaction></a> - | 
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| 108 | Add a resource factory for instantiating the UserTransaction object | 
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| 109 | instance that is available at <code>java:comp/UserTransaction</code>.</li> | 
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| 110 |  | 
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| 111 | </ul> | 
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| 112 |  | 
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| 113 | <p>Any number of these elements may be nested inside a | 
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| 114 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element (to be | 
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| 115 | associated only with that particular web application).</p> | 
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| 116 |  | 
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| 117 | <p>In addition, the names and values of all <code><env-entry></code> | 
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| 118 | elements included in the web application deployment descriptor | 
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| 119 | (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) are configured into the initial context as | 
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| 120 | well, overriding corresponding values from the | 
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| 121 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element | 
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| 122 | <strong>only</strong> if allowed by the corresponding | 
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| 123 | <code><Environment></code> element (by setting the <code>override</code> | 
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| 124 | attribute to "true").</p> | 
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| 125 |  | 
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| 126 | <p>Global resources can be defined in the server-wide JNDI context, by adding | 
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| 127 | the resource elements described above to the | 
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| 128 | <a href="../config/globalresources.html"><GlobalNamingResources></a> | 
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| 129 | child element of the <a href="../config/server.html"><Server></a> | 
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| 130 | element and using a | 
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| 131 | <a href="../config/context.html#Resource Links"><ResourceLink></a> to | 
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| 132 | include it in the per-web-application context.</p> | 
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| 133 |  | 
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| 134 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Tomcat Standard Resource Factories"><strong>Tomcat Standard Resource Factories</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 135 |  | 
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| 136 | <p>Tomcat 6 includes a series of standard resource factories that can | 
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| 137 | provide services to your web applications, but give you configuration | 
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| 138 | flexibility (via the | 
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| 139 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element) | 
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| 140 | without modifying the web application or the deployment descriptor. Each | 
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| 141 | subsection below details the configuration and usage of the standard resource | 
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| 142 | factories.</p> | 
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| 143 |  | 
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| 144 | <p>See <a href="#Adding Custom Resource Factories">Adding Custom | 
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| 145 | Resource Factories</a> for information about how to create, install, | 
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| 146 | configure, and use your own custom resource factory classes with | 
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| 147 | Tomcat 6.</p> | 
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| 148 |  | 
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| 149 | <p><em>NOTE</em> - Of the standard resource factories, only the | 
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| 150 | "JDBC Data Source" and "User Transaction" factories are mandated to | 
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| 151 | be available on other platforms, and then they are required only if | 
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| 152 | the platform implements the Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) specs. | 
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| 153 | All other standard resource factories, plus custom resource factories | 
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| 154 | that you write yourself, are specific to Tomcat and cannot be assumed | 
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| 155 | to be available on other containers.</p> | 
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| 156 |  | 
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| 157 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Generic JavaBean Resources"><strong>Generic JavaBean Resources</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 158 |  | 
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| 159 | <h3>0.  Introduction</h3> | 
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| 160 |  | 
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| 161 | <p>This resource factory can be used to create objects of <em>any</em> | 
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| 162 | Java class that conforms to standard JavaBeans naming conventions (i.e. | 
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| 163 | it has a zero-arguments constructor, and has property setters that | 
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| 164 | conform to the setFoo() naming pattern.  The resource factory will | 
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| 165 | create a new instance of the appropriate bean class every time a | 
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| 166 | <code>lookup()</code> for this entry is made.</p> | 
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| 167 |  | 
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| 168 | <p>The steps required to use this facility are described below.</p> | 
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| 169 |  | 
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| 170 | <h3>1.  Create Your JavaBean Class</h3> | 
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| 171 |  | 
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| 172 | <p>Create the JavaBean class which will be instantiated each time | 
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| 173 | that the resource factory is looked up.  For this example, assume | 
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| 174 | you create a class <code>com.mycompany.MyBean</code>, which looks | 
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| 175 | like this:</p> | 
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| 176 |  | 
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| 177 | <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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| 178 | package com.mycompany; | 
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| 179 |  | 
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| 180 | public class MyBean { | 
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| 181 |  | 
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| 182 | private String foo = "Default Foo"; | 
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| 183 |  | 
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| 184 | public String getFoo() { | 
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| 185 | return (this.foo); | 
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| 186 | } | 
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| 187 |  | 
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| 188 | public void setFoo(String foo) { | 
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| 189 | this.foo = foo; | 
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| 190 | } | 
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| 191 |  | 
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| 192 | private int bar = 0; | 
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| 193 |  | 
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| 194 | public int getBar() { | 
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| 195 | return (this.bar); | 
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| 196 | } | 
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| 197 |  | 
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| 198 | public void setBar(int bar) { | 
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| 199 | this.bar = bar; | 
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| 200 | } | 
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| 201 |  | 
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| 202 |  | 
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| 203 | } | 
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| 204 | </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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| 205 |  | 
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| 206 | <h3>2.  Declare Your Resource Requirements</h3> | 
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| 207 |  | 
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| 208 | <p>Next, modify your web application deployment descriptor | 
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| 209 | (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) to declare the JNDI name under which | 
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| 210 | you will request new instances of this bean.  The simplest approach is | 
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| 211 | to use a <code><resource-env-ref></code> element, like this:</p> | 
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| 212 |  | 
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| 213 | <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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| 214 | <resource-env-ref> | 
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| 215 | <description> | 
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| 216 | Object factory for MyBean instances. | 
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| 217 | </description> | 
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| 218 | <resource-env-ref-name> | 
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| 219 | bean/MyBeanFactory | 
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| 220 | </resource-env-ref-name> | 
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| 221 | <resource-env-ref-type> | 
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| 222 | com.mycompany.MyBean | 
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| 223 | </resource-env-ref-type> | 
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| 224 | </resource-env-ref> | 
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| 225 | </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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| 226 |  | 
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| 227 | <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - Be sure you respect the element ordering | 
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| 228 | that is required by the DTD for web application deployment descriptors! | 
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| 229 | See the | 
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| 230 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">Servlet | 
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| 231 | Specification</a> for details.</p> | 
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| 232 |  | 
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| 233 | <h3>3.  Code Your Application's Use Of This Resource</h3> | 
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| 234 |  | 
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| 235 | <p>A typical use of this resource environment reference might look | 
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| 236 | like this:</p> | 
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| 237 |  | 
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| 238 | <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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| 239 | Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); | 
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| 240 | Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); | 
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| 241 | MyBean bean = (MyBean) envCtx.lookup("bean/MyBeanFactory"); | 
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| 242 |  | 
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| 243 | writer.println("foo = " + bean.getFoo() + ", bar = " + | 
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| 244 | bean.getBar()); | 
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| 245 | </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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| 246 |  | 
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| 247 | <h3>4.  Configure Tomcat's Resource Factory</h3> | 
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| 248 |  | 
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| 249 | <p>To configure Tomcat's resource factory, add an element like this to the | 
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| 250 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 251 | this web application.</p> | 
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| 252 |  | 
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| 253 | <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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| 254 | <Context ...> | 
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| 255 | ... | 
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| 256 | <Resource name="bean/MyBeanFactory" auth="Container" | 
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| 257 | type="com.mycompany.MyBean" | 
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| 258 | factory="org.apache.naming.factory.BeanFactory" | 
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| 259 | bar="23"/> | 
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| 260 | ... | 
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| 261 | </Context> | 
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| 262 | </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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| 263 |  | 
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| 264 | <p>Note that the resource name (here, <code>bean/MyBeanFactory</code> | 
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| 265 | must match the value specified in the web application deployment | 
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| 266 | descriptor.  We are also initializing the value of the <code>bar</code> | 
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| 267 | property, which will cause <code>setBar(23)</code> to be called before | 
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| 268 | the new bean is returned.  Because we are not initializing the | 
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| 269 | <code>foo</code> property (although we could have), the bean will | 
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| 270 | contain whatever default value is set up by its constructor.</p> | 
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| 271 |  | 
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| 272 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 273 |  | 
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| 274 |  | 
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| 275 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="JavaMail Sessions"><strong>JavaMail Sessions</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 276 |  | 
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| 277 | <h3>0.  Introduction</h3> | 
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| 278 |  | 
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| 279 | <p>In many web applications, sending electronic mail messages is a | 
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| 280 | required part of the system's functionality.  The | 
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| 281 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/javamail">Java Mail</a> API | 
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| 282 | makes this process relatively straightforward, but requires many | 
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| 283 | configuration details that the client application must be aware of | 
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| 284 | (including the name of the SMTP host to be used for message sending).</p> | 
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| 285 |  | 
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| 286 | <p>Tomcat 6 includes a standard resource factory that will create | 
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| 287 | <code>javax.mail.Session</code> session instances for you, already | 
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| 288 | configured to connect to an SMTP server. | 
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| 289 | In this way, the application is totally insulated from changes in the | 
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| 290 | email server configuration environment - it simply asks for, and receives, | 
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| 291 | a preconfigured session whenever needed.</p> | 
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| 292 |  | 
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| 293 | <p>The steps required for this are outlined below.</p> | 
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| 294 |  | 
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| 295 | <h3>1.  Declare Your Resource Requirements</h3> | 
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| 296 |  | 
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| 297 | <p>The first thing you should do is modify the web application deployment | 
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| 298 | descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) to declare the JNDI name under | 
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| 299 | which you will look up preconfigured sessions.  By convention, all such | 
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| 300 | names should resolve to the <code>mail</code> subcontext (relative to the | 
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| 301 | standard <code>java:comp/env</code> naming context that is the root of | 
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| 302 | all provided resource factories.  A typical <code>web.xml</code> entry | 
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| 303 | might look like this:</p> | 
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| 304 | <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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| 305 | <resource-ref> | 
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| 306 | <description> | 
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| 307 | Resource reference to a factory for javax.mail.Session | 
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| 308 | instances that may be used for sending electronic mail | 
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| 309 | messages, preconfigured to connect to the appropriate | 
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| 310 | SMTP server. | 
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| 311 | </description> | 
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| 312 | <res-ref-name> | 
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| 313 | mail/Session | 
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| 314 | </res-ref-name> | 
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| 315 | <res-type> | 
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| 316 | javax.mail.Session | 
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| 317 | </res-type> | 
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| 318 | <res-auth> | 
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| 319 | Container | 
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| 320 | </res-auth> | 
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| 321 | </resource-ref> | 
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| 322 | </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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| 323 |  | 
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| 324 | <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - Be sure you respect the element ordering | 
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| 325 | that is required by the DTD for web application deployment descriptors! | 
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| 326 | See the | 
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| 327 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">Servlet | 
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| 328 | Specification</a> for details.</p> | 
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| 329 |  | 
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| 330 | <h3>2.  Code Your Application's Use Of This Resource</h3> | 
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| 331 |  | 
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| 332 | <p>A typical use of this resource reference might look like this:</p> | 
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| 333 | <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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| 334 | Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); | 
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| 335 | Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); | 
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| 336 | Session session = (Session) envCtx.lookup("mail/Session"); | 
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| 337 |  | 
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| 338 | Message message = new MimeMessage(session); | 
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| 339 | message.setFrom(new InternetAddress(request.getParameter("from")); | 
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| 340 | InternetAddress to[] = new InternetAddress[1]; | 
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| 341 | to[0] = new InternetAddress(request.getParameter("to")); | 
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| 342 | message.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, to); | 
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| 343 | message.setSubject(request.getParameter("subject")); | 
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| 344 | message.setContent(request.getParameter("content"), "text/plain"); | 
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| 345 | Transport.send(message); | 
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| 346 | </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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| 347 |  | 
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| 348 | <p>Note that the application uses the same resource reference name | 
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| 349 | that was declared in the web application deployment descriptor.  This | 
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| 350 | is matched up against the resource factory that is configured in the | 
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| 351 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element | 
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| 352 | for the web application as described below.</p> | 
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| 353 |  | 
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| 354 | <h3>3.  Configure Tomcat's Resource Factory</h3> | 
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| 355 |  | 
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| 356 | <p>To configure Tomcat's resource factory, add an elements like this to the | 
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| 357 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 358 | this web application.</p> | 
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| 359 |  | 
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| 360 | <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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| 361 | <Context ...> | 
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| 362 | ... | 
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| 363 | <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" | 
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| 364 | type="javax.mail.Session" | 
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| 365 | mail.smtp.host="localhost"/> | 
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| 366 | ... | 
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| 367 | </Context> | 
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| 368 | </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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| 369 |  | 
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| 370 | <p>Note that the resource name (here, <code>mail/Session</code>) must | 
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| 371 | match the value specified in the web application deployment descriptor. | 
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| 372 | Customize the value of the <code>mail.smtp.host</code> parameter to | 
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| 373 | point at the server that provides SMTP service for your network.</p> | 
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| 374 |  | 
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| 375 | <h3>4.  Install the JavaMail libraries</h3> | 
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| 376 |  | 
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| 377 | <p><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/downloads/index.html"> | 
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| 378 | Download the JavaMail API</a>.  The JavaMail API requires the Java Activation | 
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| 379 | Framework (JAF) API as well.  The Java Activation Framework can be downloaded | 
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| 380 | from <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/javabeans/glasgow/jaf.html">Sun's site</a>. | 
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| 381 | </p> | 
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| 382 |  | 
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| 383 | <p>This download includes 2 vital libraries for the configuration; | 
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| 384 | activation.jar and mail.jar. Unpackage both distributions and place | 
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| 385 | them into $CATALINA_HOME/lib so that they are available to | 
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| 386 | Tomcat during the initialization of the mail Session Resource. | 
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| 387 | <strong>Note:</strong> placing these jars in both $CATALINA_HOME/lib and a | 
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| 388 | web application's lib folder will cause an error, so ensure you have | 
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| 389 | them in the $CATALINA_HOME/lib location only. | 
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| 390 | </p> | 
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| 391 |  | 
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| 392 | <h3>Example Application</h3> | 
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| 393 |  | 
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| 394 | <p>The <code>/examples</code> application included with Tomcat contains | 
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| 395 | an example of utilizing this resource factory.  It is accessed via the | 
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| 396 | "JSP Examples" link.  The source code for the servlet that actually | 
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| 397 | sends the mail message is in | 
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| 398 | <code>/WEB-INF/classes/SendMailServlet.java</code>.</p> | 
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| 399 |  | 
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| 400 | <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - The default configuration assumes that there | 
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| 401 | is an SMTP server listing on port 25 on <code>localhost</code>. If this is | 
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| 402 | not the case, edit the | 
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| 403 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 404 | this web application and modify the parameter value for the | 
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| 405 | <code>mail.smtp.host</code> parameter to be the host name of an SMTP server | 
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| 406 | on your network.</p> | 
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| 407 |  | 
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| 408 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 409 |  | 
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| 410 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="JDBC Data Sources"><strong>JDBC Data Sources</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 411 |  | 
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| 412 | <h3>0.  Introduction</h3> | 
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| 413 |  | 
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| 414 | <p>Many web applications need to access a database via a JDBC driver, | 
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| 415 | to support the functionality required by that application.  The J2EE | 
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| 416 | Platform Specification requires J2EE Application Servers to make | 
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| 417 | available a <em>DataSource</em> implementation (that is, a connection | 
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| 418 | pool for JDBC connections) for this purpose.  Tomcat 6 offers exactly | 
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| 419 | the same support, so that database-based applications you develop on | 
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| 420 | Tomcat using this service will run unchanged on any J2EE server.</p> | 
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| 421 |  | 
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| 422 | <p>For information about JDBC, you should consult the following:</p> | 
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| 423 | <ul> | 
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| 424 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/">http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/</a> - | 
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| 425 | Home page for information about Java Database Connectivity.</li> | 
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| 426 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jdbc/spec2/jdbc2.1.frame.html">http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/jdbc/spec2/jdbc2.1.frame.html</a> - | 
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| 427 | The JDBC 2.1 API Specification.</li> | 
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| 428 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/jdbc20.stdext.pdf">http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/jdbc20.stdext.pdf</a> - | 
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| 429 | The JDBC 2.0 Standard Extension API (including the | 
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| 430 | <code>javax.sql.DataSource</code> API).  This package is now known | 
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| 431 | as the "JDBC Optional Package".</li> | 
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| 432 | <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html">http://java.sun.com/j2ee/download.html</a> - | 
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| 433 | The J2EE Platform Specification (covers the JDBC facilities that | 
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| 434 | all J2EE platforms must provide to applications).</li> | 
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| 435 | </ul> | 
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| 436 |  | 
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| 437 | <p><strong>NOTE</strong> - The default data source support in Tomcat | 
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| 438 | is based on the <strong>DBCP</strong> connection pool from the | 
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| 439 | <a href="http://commons.apache.org/">Commons</a> | 
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| 440 | project.  However, it is possible to use any other connection pool | 
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| 441 | that implements <code>javax.sql.DataSource</code>, by writing your | 
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| 442 | own custom resource factory, as described | 
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| 443 | <a href="#Adding Custom Resource Factories">below</a>.</p> | 
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| 444 |  | 
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| 445 | <h3>1.  Install Your JDBC Driver</h3> | 
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| 446 |  | 
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| 447 | <p>Use of the <em>JDBC Data Sources</em> JNDI Resource Factory requires | 
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| 448 | that you make an appropriate JDBC driver available to both Tomcat internal | 
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| 449 | classes and to your web application.  This is most easily accomplished by | 
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| 450 | installing the driver's JAR file(s) into the | 
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| 451 | <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code> directory, which makes the driver | 
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| 452 | available both to the resource factory and to your application.</p> | 
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| 453 |  | 
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| 454 | <h3>2.  Declare Your Resource Requirements</h3> | 
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| 455 |  | 
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| 456 | <p>Next, modify the web application deployment descriptor | 
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| 457 | (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) to declare the JNDI name under | 
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| 458 | which you will look up preconfigured data source.  By convention, all such | 
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| 459 | names should resolve to the <code>jdbc</code> subcontext (relative to the | 
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| 460 | standard <code>java:comp/env</code> naming context that is the root of | 
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| 461 | all provided resource factories.  A typical <code>web.xml</code> entry | 
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| 462 | might look like this:</p> | 
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| 463 | <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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| 464 | <resource-ref> | 
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| 465 | <description> | 
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| 466 | Resource reference to a factory for java.sql.Connection | 
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| 467 | instances that may be used for talking to a particular | 
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| 468 | database that is configured in the <Context> | 
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| 469 | configurartion for the web application. | 
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| 470 | </description> | 
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| 471 | <res-ref-name> | 
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| 472 | jdbc/EmployeeDB | 
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| 473 | </res-ref-name> | 
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| 474 | <res-type> | 
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| 475 | javax.sql.DataSource | 
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| 476 | </res-type> | 
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| 477 | <res-auth> | 
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| 478 | Container | 
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| 479 | </res-auth> | 
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| 480 | </resource-ref> | 
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| 481 | </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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| 482 |  | 
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| 483 | <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - Be sure you respect the element ordering | 
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| 484 | that is required by the DTD for web application deployment descriptors! | 
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| 485 | See the | 
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| 486 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">Servlet | 
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| 487 | Specification</a> for details.</p> | 
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| 488 |  | 
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| 489 | <h3>3.  Code Your Application's Use Of This Resource</h3> | 
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| 490 |  | 
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| 491 | <p>A typical use of this resource reference might look like this:</p> | 
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| 492 | <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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| 493 | Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); | 
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| 494 | Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); | 
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| 495 | DataSource ds = (DataSource) | 
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| 496 | envCtx.lookup("jdbc/EmployeeDB"); | 
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| 497 |  | 
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| 498 | Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); | 
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| 499 | ... use this connection to access the database ... | 
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| 500 | conn.close(); | 
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| 501 | </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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| 502 |  | 
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| 503 | <p>Note that the application uses the same resource reference name that was | 
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| 504 | declared in the web application deployment descriptor. This is matched up | 
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| 505 | against the resource factory that is configured in the | 
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| 506 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 507 | the web application as described below.</p> | 
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| 508 |  | 
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| 509 | <h3>4.  Configure Tomcat's Resource Factory</h3> | 
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| 510 |  | 
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| 511 | <p>To configure Tomcat's resource factory, add an element like this to the | 
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| 512 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 513 | the web application.</p> | 
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| 514 |  | 
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| 515 | <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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| 516 | <Context ...> | 
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| 517 | ... | 
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| 518 | <Resource name="jdbc/EmployeeDB" | 
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| 519 | auth="Container" | 
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| 520 | type="javax.sql.DataSource" | 
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| 521 | username="dbusername" | 
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| 522 | password="dbpassword" | 
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| 523 | driverClassName="org.hsql.jdbcDriver" | 
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| 524 | url="jdbc:HypersonicSQL:database" | 
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| 525 | maxActive="8" | 
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| 526 | maxIdle="4"/> | 
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| 527 | ... | 
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| 528 | </Context> | 
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| 529 | </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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| 530 |  | 
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| 531 | <p>Note that the resource name (here, <code>jdbc/EmployeeDB</code>) must | 
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| 532 | match the value specified in the web application deployment descriptor.</p> | 
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| 533 |  | 
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| 534 | <p>This example assumes that you are using the HypersonicSQL database | 
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| 535 | JDBC driver.  Customize the <code>driverClassName</code> and | 
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| 536 | <code>driverName</code> parameters to match your actual database's | 
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| 537 | JDBC driver and connection URL.</p> | 
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| 538 |  | 
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| 539 | <p>The configuration properties for Tomcat's standard data source | 
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| 540 | resource factory | 
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| 541 | (<code>org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</code>) are | 
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| 542 | as follows:</p> | 
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| 543 | <ul> | 
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| 544 | <li><strong>driverClassName</strong> - Fully qualified Java class name | 
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| 545 | of the JDBC driver to be used.</li> | 
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| 546 | <li><strong>maxActive</strong> - The maximum number of active instances | 
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| 547 | that can be allocated from this pool at the same time.</li> | 
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| 548 | <li><strong>maxIdle</strong> - The maximum number of connections that | 
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| 549 | can sit idle in this pool at the same time.</li> | 
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| 550 | <li><strong>maxWait</strong> - The maximum number of milliseconds that the | 
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| 551 | pool will wait (when there are no available connections) for a | 
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| 552 | connection to be returned before throwing an exception.</li> | 
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| 553 | <li><strong>password</strong> - Database password to be passed to our | 
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| 554 | JDBC driver.</li> | 
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| 555 | <li><strong>url</strong> - Connection URL to be passed to our JDBC driver. | 
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| 556 | (For backwards compatibility, the property <code>driverName</code> | 
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| 557 | is also recognized.)</li> | 
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| 558 | <li><strong>user</strong> - Database username to be passed to our | 
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| 559 | JDBC driver.</li> | 
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| 560 | <li><strong>validationQuery</strong> - SQL query that can be used by the | 
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| 561 | pool to validate connections before they are returned to the | 
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| 562 | application.  If specified, this query MUST be an SQL SELECT | 
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| 563 | statement that returns at least one row.</li> | 
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| 564 | </ul> | 
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| 565 | <p>For more details, please refer to the commons-dbcp documentation.</p> | 
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| 566 |  | 
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| 567 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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| 568 |  | 
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| 569 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Adding Custom Resource Factories"><strong>Adding Custom Resource Factories</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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| 570 |  | 
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| 571 | <p>If none of the standard resource factories meet your needs, you can write | 
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| 572 | your own factory and integrate it into Tomcat 6, and then configure the use | 
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| 573 | of this factory in the | 
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| 574 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 575 | the web application. In the example below, we will create a factory that only | 
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| 576 | knows how to create <code>com.mycompany.MyBean</code> beans from the | 
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| 577 | <a href="#Generic JavaBean Resources">Generic JavaBean Resources</a> example | 
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| 578 | above.</p> | 
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| 579 |  | 
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| 580 | <h3>1.  Write A Resource Factory Class</h3> | 
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| 581 |  | 
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| 582 | <p>You must write a class that implements the JNDI service provider | 
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| 583 | <code>javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory</code> inteface.  Every time your | 
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| 584 | web application calls <code>lookup()</code> on a context entry that is | 
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| 585 | bound to this factory, the <code>getObjectInstance()</code> method is | 
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| 586 | called, with the following arguments:</p> | 
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| 587 | <ul> | 
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| 588 | <li><strong>Object obj</strong> - The (possibly null) object containing | 
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| 589 | location or reference information that can be used in creating an object. | 
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| 590 | For Tomcat, this will always be an object of type | 
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| 591 | <code>javax.naming.Reference</code>, which contains the class name of | 
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| 592 | this factory class, as well as the configuration properties (from the | 
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| 593 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> for the | 
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| 594 | web application) to use in creating objects to be returned.</li> | 
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| 595 | <li><strong>Name name</strong> - The name to which this factory is bound | 
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| 596 | relative to <code>nameCtx</code>, or <code>null</code> if no name | 
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| 597 | is specified.</li> | 
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| 598 | <li><strong>Context nameCtx</strong> - The context relative to which the | 
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| 599 | <code>name</code> parameter is specified, or <code>null</code> if | 
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| 600 | <code>name</code> is relative to the default initial context.</li> | 
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| 601 | <li><strong>Hashtable environment</strong> - The (possibly null) | 
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| 602 | environment that is used in creating this object.  This is generally | 
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| 603 | ignored in Tomcat object factories.</li> | 
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| 604 | </ul> | 
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| 605 |  | 
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| 606 | <p>To create a resource factory that knows how to produce <code>MyBean</code> | 
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| 607 | instances, you might create a class like this:</p> | 
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| 608 |  | 
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| 609 | <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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| 610 | package com.mycompany; | 
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| 611 |  | 
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| 612 | import java.util.Enumeration; | 
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| 613 | import java.util.Hashtable; | 
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| 614 | import javax.naming.Context; | 
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| 615 | import javax.naming.Name; | 
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| 616 | import javax.naming.NamingException; | 
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| 617 | import javax.naming.RefAddr; | 
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| 618 | import javax.naming.Reference; | 
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| 619 | import javax.naming.spi.ObjectFactory; | 
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| 620 |  | 
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| 621 | public class MyBeanFactory implements ObjectFactory { | 
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| 622 |  | 
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| 623 | public Object getObjectInstance(Object obj, | 
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| 624 | Name name, Context nameCtx, Hashtable environment) | 
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| 625 | throws NamingException { | 
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| 626 |  | 
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| 627 | // Acquire an instance of our specified bean class | 
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| 628 | MyBean bean = new MyBean(); | 
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| 629 |  | 
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| 630 | // Customize the bean properties from our attributes | 
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| 631 | Reference ref = (Reference) obj; | 
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| 632 | Enumeration addrs = ref.getAll(); | 
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| 633 | while (addrs.hasMoreElements()) { | 
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| 634 | RefAddr addr = (RefAddr) addrs.nextElement(); | 
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| 635 | String name = addr.getType(); | 
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| 636 | String value = (String) addr.getContent(); | 
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| 637 | if (name.equals("foo")) { | 
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| 638 | bean.setFoo(value); | 
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| 639 | } else if (name.equals("bar")) { | 
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| 640 | try { | 
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| 641 | bean.setBar(Integer.parseInt(value)); | 
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| 642 | } catch (NumberFormatException e) { | 
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| 643 | throw new NamingException("Invalid 'bar' value " + value); | 
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| 644 | } | 
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| 645 | } | 
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| 646 | } | 
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| 647 |  | 
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| 648 | // Return the customized instance | 
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| 649 | return (bean); | 
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| 650 |  | 
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| 651 | } | 
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| 652 |  | 
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| 653 | } | 
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| 654 | </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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| 655 |  | 
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| 656 | <p>In this example, we are unconditionally creating a new instance of | 
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| 657 | the <code>com.mycompany.MyBean</code> class, and populating its properties | 
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| 658 | based on the parameters included in the <code><ResourceParams></code> | 
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| 659 | element that configures this factory (see below).  You should note that any | 
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| 660 | parameter named <code>factory</code> should be skipped - that parameter is | 
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| 661 | used to specify the name of the factory class itself (in this case, | 
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| 662 | <code>com.mycompany.MyBeanFactory</code>) rather than a property of the | 
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| 663 | bean being configured.</p> | 
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| 664 |  | 
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| 665 | <p>For more information about <code>ObjectFactory</code>, see the | 
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| 666 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/docs.html">JNDI 1.2 Service | 
|---|
| 667 | Provider Interface (SPI) Specification</a>.</p> | 
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| 668 |  | 
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| 669 | <p>You will need to compile this class against a class path that includes | 
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| 670 | all of the JAR files in the <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code> directory.  When you are through, | 
|---|
| 671 | place the factory class (and the corresponding bean class) unpacked under | 
|---|
| 672 | <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code>, or in a JAR file inside | 
|---|
| 673 | <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code>.  In this way, the required class | 
|---|
| 674 | files are visible to both Catalina internal resources and your web | 
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| 675 | application.</p> | 
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| 676 |  | 
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| 677 | <h3>2.  Declare Your Resource Requirements</h3> | 
|---|
| 678 |  | 
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| 679 | <p>Next, modify your web application deployment descriptor | 
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| 680 | (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>) to declare the JNDI name under which | 
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| 681 | you will request new instances of this bean.  The simplest approach is | 
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| 682 | to use a <code><resource-env-ref></code> element, like this:</p> | 
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| 683 |  | 
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| 684 | <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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| 685 | <resource-env-ref> | 
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| 686 | <description> | 
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| 687 | Object factory for MyBean instances. | 
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| 688 | </description> | 
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| 689 | <resource-env-ref-name> | 
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| 690 | bean/MyBeanFactory | 
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| 691 | </resource-env-ref-name> | 
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| 692 | <resource-env-ref-type> | 
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| 693 | com.mycompany.MyBean | 
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| 694 | </resource-env-ref-type> | 
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| 695 | <resource-env-ref> | 
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| 696 | </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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| 697 |  | 
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| 698 | <p><strong>WARNING</strong> - Be sure you respect the element ordering | 
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| 699 | that is required by the DTD for web application deployment descriptors! | 
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| 700 | See the | 
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| 701 | <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">Servlet | 
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| 702 | Specification</a> for details.</p> | 
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| 703 |  | 
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| 704 | <h3>3.  Code Your Application's Use Of This Resource</h3> | 
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| 705 |  | 
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| 706 | <p>A typical use of this resource environment reference might look | 
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| 707 | like this:</p> | 
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| 708 |  | 
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| 709 | <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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| 710 | Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); | 
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| 711 | Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); | 
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| 712 | MyBean bean = (MyBean) envCtx.lookup("bean/MyBeanFactory"); | 
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| 713 |  | 
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| 714 | writer.println("foo = " + bean.getFoo() + ", bar = " + | 
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| 715 | bean.getBar()); | 
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| 716 | </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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| 717 |  | 
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| 718 | <h3>4.  Configure Tomcat's Resource Factory</h3> | 
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| 719 |  | 
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| 720 | <p>To configure Tomcat's resource factory, add an elements like this to the | 
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| 721 | <a href="../config/context.html"><code><Context></code></a> element for | 
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| 722 | this web application.</p> | 
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| 723 |  | 
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| 724 | <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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| 725 | <Context ...> | 
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| 726 | ... | 
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| 727 | <Resource name="bean/MyBeanFactory" auth="Container" | 
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| 728 | type="com.mycompany.MyBean" | 
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| 729 | factory="com.mycompany.MyBeanFactory" | 
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| 730 | bar="23"/> | 
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| 731 | ... | 
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| 732 | </Context> | 
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| 733 | </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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| 734 |  | 
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| 735 | <p>Note that the resource name (here, <code>bean/MyBeanFactory</code> | 
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| 736 | must match the value specified in the web application deployment | 
|---|
| 737 | descriptor.  We are also initializing the value of the <code>bar</code> | 
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| 738 | property, which will cause <code>setBar(23)</code> to be called before | 
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| 739 | the new bean is returned.  Because we are not initializing the | 
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| 740 | <code>foo</code> property (although we could have), the bean will | 
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| 741 | contain whatever default value is set up by its constructor.</p> | 
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| 742 |  | 
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| 743 | <p>You will also note that, from the application developer's perspective, | 
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| 744 | the declaration of the resource environment reference, and the programming | 
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| 745 | used to request new instances, is identical to the approach used for the | 
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| 746 | <em>Generic JavaBean Resources</em> example.  This illustrates one of the | 
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| 747 | advantages of using JNDI resources to encapsulate functionality - you can | 
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| 748 | change the underlying implementation without necessarily having to | 
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| 749 | modify applications using the resources, as long as you maintain | 
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| 750 | compatible APIs.</p> | 
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| 751 |  | 
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| 752 | </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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| 753 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation | 
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| 754 | </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html> | 
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