Anyone who has an experience with JCA? I cannot give you a correct answer for now because I never used JCA yet.
Trustin On 2/27/06, Vishal Kaushal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can MINA be deployed as an Inbound Resource Adapter (JCA 1.5) within a > J2EE container? > > Some details on the scenario: > > 1. Through the new JCA 1.5 specification, we can now extend the > "application server" capabilities to make it act like a normal server > accepting client connections on TCP sockets (for eg. a telnet server can be > implemented through the application server). In short, this is achieved by > writing a resource adapter and deploying it in the J2EE container where the > MDB (Message Driven Bean) to implement the actual processing of the client > connection is also deployed. On receiving incoming client packets, the RA > invokes the MDB and hence the client requests are serviced. The RA thus > deployed acts like a connection manager for clients connecting to a > particular TCP port, also taking advantage of pooling mechanisms provided by > the app server (since RA is deployed within a J2EE container). > > 2. My question is, Can I use MINA so that it behaves like an inbound RA > deployed within the J2EE container so that it can accept client connections > and invoke the MDB deployed in the same container? > > 3. The problem I can see there is that the app server has its own pooling > mechanisms and MINA has its own pooling mechanisms. How will they work > together? Also, a resource adapter is required to adhere to some system > contracts making it use the facilities provided by the J2EE container. If > MINA is to be dpeloyed as the resource adapter, how will it implement the > system contracts? > > I would be grateful to you if you can enlighten me in this regard. > > Kindly Note: My question is NOT "How to make a resource adapter FOR mina > so that it can work with a J2EE component". Rather, I want to know whether > MINA can be deployed within a J2EE container as a resource adapter so as to > provide the above mentioned functionality. > > Thanks and regards, > Vishal. > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. > -- what we call human nature is actually human habit -- http://gleamynode.net/ -- PGP key fingerprints: * E167 E6AF E73A CBCE EE41 4A29 544D DE48 FE95 4E7E * B693 628E 6047 4F8F CFA4 455E 1C62 A7DC 0255 ECA6
