Connector resources
A connector module is a Java EE connector architecture resource adapter component that enables applications to interact with Enterprise Information Systems (EISs), such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and some messaging system. In fact, GlassFish provides a connector resource adapter for JMS resources, it allows a JMS-compliant messaging system to be easily integrated into the GlassFish Server.
Furthermore, Java EE now allows a message-driven bean to be defined for a resource integrated with GlassFish Server through the connector adapter. We will discuss the integration with JMS resources in the next chapter.
Similar to JDBC connection pools and resources, Java EE defines the connector connection pools and resources. A connection pool is a group of reusable connections for a particular EIS. A connector resource is a program object that provides an application with a connection to an EIS.
The application locates the connector resource by looking up its JNDI name...