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| <title>Creating a connector project</title> |
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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Creating a connector project</h1> |
| <div><p>A connector is a J2EE standard extension mechanism for containers |
| to provide connectivity to enterprise information systems (EISs).</p> |
| <div class="section"> <p> A connector is a J2EE standard extension mechanism for containers |
| to provide connectivity to enterprise information systems (EISs). A connector |
| is specific to an EIS and consists of a resource adapter and application development |
| tools. A resource adapter is a system-level software driver that is used by |
| an EJB container or an application client to connect to an EIS. Connectors |
| comply with the J2EE Connector architecture (JCA).</p> |
| <div class="restriction"><span class="restrictiontitle">Restriction:</span> J2EE |
| 1.2 specification level does not include connector capability.</div> |
| <p>To |
| create a new connector project:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In the J2EE perspective, select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">File</span> > <span class="uicontrol">New</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Connector Project</span></span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Name</span> field, type a name for the connector |
| project. To change the default <span class="uicontrol">Project location</span>, click |
| the <span class="uicontrol">Browse</span> button to select a new location.</span> If |
| you specify a non-default project location that is already being used by another |
| project, the project creation will fail.</li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Show Advanced</span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">JCA version</span> drop-down list, select |
| the specification version to which you want your connector project to adhere.</span> </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">Target server</span> drop-down list, select |
| the application server that you want to target for your development. This |
| selection affects the run time settings by modifying the class path entries |
| for the project.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify whether you want to add the new module to an enterprise |
| application (EAR) project.</span></li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>In the <span class="uicontrol">EAR project</span> combination box, type |
| a new project name or select an existing enterprise application project from |
| the drop-down list. Or, click the <span class="uicontrol">New</span> button to launch |
| the New Enterprise Application Project wizard.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If you type |
| a new EAR project name, the EAR project will be created in the default location |
| with the lowest compatible J2EE version based on the version of the project |
| being created. If you want to specify a different version or a different location |
| for the enterprise application, you must use the New Enterprise Application |
| Project wizard.</div> |
| </li> |
| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
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| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/ph-projects.html" title="The workbench can work with many different types of projects. The following topics cover creating and managing some of the types of projects related to J2EE development.">Working with projects</a></div> |
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