Connect to FormSite Data from a Connection Pool in Jetty

The CData JDBC driver for FormSite is easy to integrate with Java Web applications. This article shows how to efficiently connect to FormSite data in Jetty by configuring the driver for connection pooling. You will configure a JNDI resource for FormSite in Jetty.

Configure the JDBC Driver for Salesforce as a JNDI Data Source

Follow the steps below to connect to Salesforce from Jetty.

1. Enable the JNDI module for your Jetty base. The following command enables JNDI from the command-line:

   java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-startd=jndi
   

2. Add the CData and license file, located in the lib subfolder of the installation directory, into the lib subfolder of the context path.

3. Declare the resource and its scope. Enter the required connection properties in the resource declaration. This example declares the FormSite data source at the level of the Web app, in WEB-INF\jetty-env.xml.

   <Configure id='formsitedemo' class="org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext">
    <New id="formsitedemo" class="org.eclipse.jetty.plus.jndi.Resource">
    <Arg><Ref refid="formsitedemo"/></Arg>
    <Arg>jdbc/formsitedb</Arg>
    <Arg>
    <New class="cdata.jdbc.api.APIDriver">
    <Set name="url">jdbc:api:</Set>
    <Set name="Profile">C:\profiles\FormSite.apip</Set>
    <Set name="ProfileSettings">'APIKey</Set>
    <Set name="ServerNumber">your_server_number</Set>
    <Set name="UserDirectory">your_user_directory'</Set>
    </New>
    </Arg>
    </New>
   </Configure>
   

   Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the FormSite Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\FormSite.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for FormSite (see below).

   FormSite API Profile Settings

   Log into your Formsite account and visit the Admin Portal to generate or retrieve your API key. Your

   ServerNumber

   is the numeric part of your server URL and

   UserDirectory

   is your account's directory path.

4. Configure the resource in the Web.xml:

    jdbc/formsitedb
    javax.sql.DataSource
    Container
   
   

5. You can then access FormSite with a lookup to java:comp/env/jdbc/formsitedb:

   InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
   DataSource myformsite = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/formsitedb");
   

More Jetty Integration

The steps above show how to configure the driver in a simple connection pooling scenario. For more use cases and information, see the Working with Jetty JNDI chapter in the Jetty documentation.