How do I declare a data source for GlassFish?

I know how I'd do this using JBoss: create a *-ds.xml file, and drop it into my deploy directory.

• Is there a declarative way to do the same with GlassFish (v3.1)?
• Am I thinking about this the wrong way? (See next question)
• Is there a more-Glassfishy way to get my Java EE application to talk to a database?

Other potentially-r开发者_高级运维evelant info:

• I want to connect to a SQL Server 2008 database
• I'm using Eclipse + GlassFish Server Tools
• I know next to nothing about GlassFish. I'm much more familiar with JBoss

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You can define it in application.xml or ejb-jar.xml of your EAR. You can even use annotations.

Long answer short: DataSource Resource Definition in Java EE 6.

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BalusC is right (+1), with Java EE 6 you can declare datasource definitions either through annotations or through the use of deployment descriptors in a standard and portable way.

Just in case you'd be also interested by creating other resources than datasources like JMS resources, you can also package a glassfish-resources.xml file as part of your application. See:

• Supporting glassfish-resources.xml
• 4.1.3 Application scoped resources