Title: Design - Resource Manager

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## Resource Manager

Sub-component of [OpenEJB](-design.html)


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## Definition

Provides the container with managed connections to transactional data
sources required by beans


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## Also Known As
 * Connector
 * Connection Manager

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## Responsibilities
 * Provides beans with connection handles
 * Manages pysical connections

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## Related Packages
 * javax.resource.spi