With Application Server, you can use the resource adapters conforming to the Connector 1.0 specifications or Connector 1.5 specifications and connect to any resource.
The Connector 1.5 specifications determine the following two models for the communication between the J2EE server and resource adapter. With Application Server, you can use a resource adapter that is compatible with these communication models.
Application Server supports the following contracts of the Connector 1.5 specifications:
For details on the Application Server functionality based on these contracts, see 3.16.1 Managing the resource adapter lifecycle, 3.16.2 Managing the resource adapter work, 3.16.3 Message inflow, and 3.16.4 Transaction inflow.
Application Server also supports the functionality added by the Connector 1.5 specifications for the following existing contracts: