Configuring WebLogic J2EE-CA

Configuring and deploying a resource adapter in WebLogic is a straightforward process. The end result is a special Java archive file called a resource adapter archive (*.rar), or RAR file for short. Each RAR file has all the classes needed for the resource adapter plus the configuration XML files ra.xml and the WebLogic-specific weblogic-ra.xml.

Resource Adapter Developer Tools

BEA makes several tools available for configuration and deployment of the J2EE-CA. Minimally, you need at least a text editor to modify or create the ra.xml and weblogic-ra.xml files. Although when you actually deploy the RAR file within WebLogic 8.1, it creates a weblogic-ra.xml file and puts that file in the RAR automatically. If you deploy ...

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