ConnectionFactoryDefinition

```
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface ConnectionFactoryDefinition
```
Annotation used to define a Connector Connection Factory resource to be registered in JNDI. Once defined, a resource may be referenced by a component using the lookup element of the Resource annotation.

Since:

1.7

See Also:

Resource

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
`java.lang.String`	`interfaceName` The fully qualified name of the connection factory interface class.
`java.lang.String`	`name` JNDI name of the connection factory resource being defined.
`java.lang.String`	`resourceAdapter` The name of the resource adapter that the administered object must be created from.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
`java.lang.String`	`description` Description of the resource.
`int`	`maxPoolSize` The maximum number of connections that should be allocated for a connection pool that backs this connnection factory resource.
`int`	`minPoolSize` The minimum number of connections that should be allocated for a connection pool that backs this connnection factory resource.
`java.lang.String[]`	`properties` Properties of the Connection Factory.
`TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel`	`transactionSupport` The level of transaction support the connection factory resource needs to support.

- Element Detail
  - name
```
public abstract java.lang.String name
```
    JNDI name of the connection factory resource being defined.
- - resourceAdapter
```
public abstract java.lang.String resourceAdapter
```
    The name of the resource adapter that the administered object must be created from. The resource adapter is required to be available at deployment time.
- - interfaceName
```
public abstract java.lang.String interfaceName
```
    The fully qualified name of the connection factory interface class.
- - description
```
public abstract java.lang.String description
```
    Description of the resource.
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - transactionSupport
```
public abstract TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel transactionSupport
```
    The level of transaction support the connection factory resource needs to support. If a transaction support specification is specified, it must be a level of transaction support whose ordinal value in the TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel enum is equal to or lesser than the resource adapter's transaction support classification.
    
    Default:
    
    javax.resource.spi.TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel.NoTransaction
- - maxPoolSize
```
public abstract int maxPoolSize
```
    The maximum number of connections that should be allocated for a connection pool that backs this connnection factory resource. The default for this attribute is vendor specific.
    
    Default:
    
    -1
- - minPoolSize
```
public abstract int minPoolSize
```
    The minimum number of connections that should be allocated for a connection pool that backs this connnection factory resource. The default for this attribute is vendor specific.
    
    Default:
    
    -1
- - properties
```
public abstract java.lang.String[] properties
```
    Properties of the Connection Factory. These properties may be vendor-specific properties. Vendor-specific properties may be combined with or used to override the connection factory properties defined using this annotation. Connection Factory properties that are specified and are not supported in a given resource adapter or cannot be mapped to a vendor specific configuration property may be ignored.
    
    Default:
    
    {}

Annotation Type ConnectionFactoryDefinition

Required Element Summary

Optional Element Summary

Element Detail

name

resourceAdapter

interfaceName

description

transactionSupport

maxPoolSize

minPoolSize

properties