The following table gives an overview of settings of the resource adapters included in J2EE applications.

Table 5-1 Overview of settings of the resource adapters included in J2EE applications

Settings		Contents	Reference
Create J2EE applications including resource adapters#	Adding resource adapters to J2EE applications	Import RAR files into J2EE servers and add to the J2EE applications.	Section 5.2
	Importing J2EE applications including resource adapters	Import J2EE applications created in the application development environment and include RAR files into J2EE servers.	Section 5.3
Defining resource adapter properties		Set up the following information for connecting to a database: General information of resource adapters Configuration properties Runtime properties Optional name information	Section 5.4
Testing the connectivity of resource adapters		Verify that the contents set up in the resource adapters are correct.	Section 5.5
Starting and stopping J2EE applications including resource adapters		Start or stop J2EE applications including resource adapters.	Section 5.6
Referencing the list of resource adapters included in J2EE applications		Reference the list of resource adapters included in J2EE applications and the list of connection definition identifiers.	Section 5.7
Displaying and deleting the list of connection pools		Reference the connection pool state of resource adapters included in J2EE applications. Furthermore, delete the connections as and when required.	Section 5.8

# You use one of the following methods to create J2EE applications including resource adapters:

• Add resource adapters to J2EE applications.
  Add RAR files to J2EE applications using the same method that is used for adding the EJB-JAR or WAR files to J2EE applications.
  
• Import J2EE applications including resource adapters.
  Create a J2EE application including resource adapters in the application development environment and import that J2EE application into a J2EE server.