JBoss doesn't ship with a TCP connector, however, you can take a look at the connector project specifically in the connector/org/jboss/resource/adapter/jdbc to see how a JCA works under the hood. The concept are basically the same for all types of adapters. Pooling, security etc is done for you so a majority of what you will usually need in terms of management comes 'out of the box'. Also, our testsuite has examples of a few types of adapters as well. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4008433#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...