Web console automatically sets `datasource-class` attribute for non-XA datasource in JBoss EAP 7.2

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Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.2
  • All datasource types

Issue

  • When creating a non-XA datasource using the EAP web console, the wizard automatically sets the datasource-class attribute even if not specified by the user.

    • For instance, for a PostgreSQL datasource, the following is added to the configuration:

      <datasource-class>org.postgresql.ds.PGSimpleDataSource</datasource-class>
  • This overrides the driver-class specified implicitly by JDBC-compliant drivers in the driver archive's META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver.

Resolution

This issue1 is resolved in EAP 7.2 cumulative patch (CP) 2 and later. However, even after patch application, datasources created prior to application of the cumulative patch will require manual correction (if not already performed):

  • The datasource-class attribute line should be removed manually from the standalone*.xml or domain.xml

Note that datasources created using the CLI interface will not exhibit this issue.

See also

  1. JBEAP-16496 ↩︎

Root Cause

This is a known defect (HAL-1570) in early EAP 7.2 releases.

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