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Robert,
For each separate datasource used in your application , there should be a separate
persistence unit for that datasource.
@PersistenceContext(unitName="PersistenceUnitForMyEmployeeDatasource"
EntityManager emEmployee;
@PersistenceContext(unitName="PersistenceUnitForMyAccountsDatasource"
EntityManager emAccounts;
When you use the above emEmployee, you will be creating/retrieving/updating/deleting
employee datasource related entities. When you use the above emAccounts, you will be
dealing with the accounts datasource.
Currently, if you were to leave the unit name out (for either EntityManager), the first
persistence unit definition found (in the application), will be used. There isn't any
magic to make the right choice, between the two separate persistence unit definitions. If
you have an application with only one datasource and persistence unit definition, you
could leave the UnitName blank.
In my opinion, a best practice, is to always specify the unitName, as that will make it
easier in the future, when you go from one Datasource to multiple. I always want to make
the code easy to maintain for the future generation. Of course there are probably many
applications that will always have just one Datasource and those applications are fine to
leave the unitName blank.
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