JCA 1.7 is the specification implemented by WildFly 10. This technology lets us specify DataSources or external connectors to connect to external systems such as databases or enterprise technologies such as SAP or messaging systems.
JCA allows through an interface to connect to an external system importing the following contracts:
- Connection management: The contract that allows the application server to manage the resource connections. It must follow the JCA specifications. It's important the connections to be managed by a pool. The pool allows to optimize the connections according to the requests of the clients.
- Security Management: The contract that guarantees secured access to the DataSources and resource managers.
- Transaction Management: The contract that allows the application server to manage transactions through the DataSources and resource...