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trying to understand JBoss ra.xml required-config-property for inbound
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>My resource-adapter has 3 required-config-property elements</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>from ra.xml:</p><table><tbody><tr><td style=";">  </td><td style=";"><inbound-resourceadapter></td></tr><tr><td style=";">    </td><td style=";"><messageadapter></td></tr><tr><td style=";">       </td><td style=";"><messagelistener></td></tr><tr><td style=";">          </td><td style=";"><messagelistener-type></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";">javax.jms.MessageListener</td></tr><tr><td style=";">          </td><td style=";"></messagelistener-type></td></tr><tr><td style=";">          </td><td style=";"><activationspec></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"><activationspec-class></td></tr><tr><td style=";">                </td><td style=";">weblogic.jms.ra.ActivationSpecImpl</td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"></activationspec-class></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"><required-config-property></td></tr><tr><td style=";">                </td><td style=";"><config-property-name><strong>ConnectionFactory</strong></config-property-name></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"></required-config-property></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"><required-config-property></td></tr><tr><td style=";">                </td><td style=";"><config-property-name><strong>Destination</strong></config-property-name></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"></required-config-property></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"><required-config-property></td></tr><tr><td style=";">                </td><td style=";"><config-property-name><strong>DestinationType</strong></config-property-name></td></tr><tr><td style=";">             </td><td style=";"></required-config-property></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>My ra implemetation supports optional config-properties, such as MessageSelector that I specify in the MDB source</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>@MessageDriven(</p><p>    name="MyMdb",</p><p>    activationConfig = {</p><p>       @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "<strong>ConnectionFactory</strong>",</p><p>                                 propertyValue = "java:jboss/wljmsra/cf"),</p><p>       @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "<strong>DestinationType</strong>",</p><p>                                 propertyValue = "javax.jms.Queue"),</p><p>       @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "<strong>Destination</strong>",</p><p>                                 propertyValue = "java:jboss/wljmsra/queue2"),</p><p>       @ActivationConfigProperty(propertyName = "<strong>MessageSelector</strong>",</p><p>                                 propertyValue = "Recipient = 'MDB'"),</p><p>        })</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>When I deploy, I get this warning and my MDB's MessageSelector is ignored.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>WARN  [org.jboss.ejb3] (MSC service thread 1-1) JBAS014105: ActivationConfigProperty MessageSelector will be ignored since it is not allowed by resource adapter: wljmsra</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>The only way I can work around this is to add MessageSelector to my ra.xml as a required-config-property.   </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>I can also add other required-config-property elements and not assign values to them in my MDB's @ActivationConfigProperty.  This seems to defeat the purpose of having to identify "required"-config-property elements for inbound in ra.xml.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>while the app-server is not required to enforce "required-config-property", the app-server and deployment tools are allowed to do so.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>JCA Section 12.4.2.2: "The resource adapter may also provide in its deployment descriptor, using the required-config-property element, an optional list of configuration property names required for each activation specification. This information may be used during deployment to ensure that the required configuration properties are specified."</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>So while adding all of the RA's optional activation spec properties as "required-config-property"s in ra.xml might be a work-around for vanilla JBoss, it would make the RA non-JCA-compliant and may cause failures on other app-servers or when using various deployment tools.  Even on JBoss it may cause problems if the user is using a deployment tool that enforces "required-config-property".</p></div>
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