[wildfly-dev] EE level java:comp/DefaultDataSource for WildFly 8...

[Jesper Pedersen]

On 09/23/2013 11:01 AM, Jaikiran Pai wrote:
> On Monday 09 September 2013 09:53 PM, Scott Marlow wrote:
>> I'm kind of caught on this requirement, since we already have a JPA
>> level default datasource setting (for JPA container deployment).  I need
>> to know if we are going to add a default datasource
>> (java:comp/DefaultDataSource) setting to WildFly, so I can align with that.
> I think we should add support for java:comp/DefaultDataSource since it's
> required by spec. Furthermore, this isn't essentially just JPA thing
> since such and injected/lookedup datasource could even be used in a
> non-JPA application.

I think the best solution is to add an element in the :ee: subsystem 
that points to a JNDI name defined in the :datasources: subsystem.

We shouldn't make it a mandatory element though, since WildFly doesn't 
require a datasource to operate.

Best regards,
  Jesper