Accessing Java Connector Architecture (JCA) from a Non-Managed environment
- by Paul Kuykendall
Hi,
We have been using a JCA to interface with a low-level network resource from within WebSphere, however we have a requirement to be able to access the same network resource externally from Tomcat (i.e. not in a managed environment). The network communication and protocol layouts is very verbose, so we would rather not copy/paste several thousand lines of code (and then have to maintain them separately).
From reading the JCA spec, there is supposedly some support to execute the code in a non-managed environment (such as Tomcat). Unfortunately, I have no idea what the interfaces are supposed to do, or how to call them from outside a managed environment (the spec is pretty vague).
Are there any implementation examples out there that show how to modify a JCA to be usable in a non-managed environment?
Thanks!
