@Target(value={TYPE,FIELD,METHOD}) @Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Repeatable(value=Resources.class) public @interface Resource
Resource
annotation marks a resource that is needed
by the application. This annotation may be applied to an
application component class, or to fields or methods of the
component class. When the annotation is applied to a
field or method, the container will inject an instance
of the requested resource into the application component
when the component is initialized. If the annotation is
applied to the component class, the annotation declares a
resource that the application will look up at runtime.
Even though this annotation is not marked Inherited
, deployment
tools are required to examine all superclasses of any component
class to discover all uses of this annotation in all superclasses.
All such annotation instances specify resources that are needed
by the application component. Note that this annotation may
appear on private fields and methods of superclasses; the container
is required to perform injection in these cases as well.
Modifier and Type | Optional Element and Description |
---|---|
Resource.AuthenticationType |
authenticationType
The authentication type to use for this resource.
|
java.lang.String |
description
Description of this resource.
|
java.lang.String |
lookup
The name of the resource that the reference points to.
|
java.lang.String |
mappedName
A product-specific name that this resource should be mapped to.
|
java.lang.String |
name
The JNDI name of the resource.
|
boolean |
shareable
Indicates whether this resource can be shared between
this component and other components.
|
java.lang.Class<?> |
type
The Java type of the resource.
|
public abstract java.lang.String name
public abstract java.lang.String lookup
public abstract java.lang.Class<?> type
public abstract Resource.AuthenticationType authenticationType
public abstract boolean shareable
public abstract java.lang.String mappedName
mappedName
element provides for mapping the
resource reference to the name of a resource known to the
applicaiton server. The mapped name could be of any form.
Application servers are not required to support any particular form or type of mapped name, nor the ability to use mapped names. The mapped name is product-dependent and often installation-dependent. No use of a mapped name is portable.