= Design - Resource Manager
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== Resource Manager

Sub-component of xref:-design.adoc[OpenEJB]

== Definition

Provides the container with managed connections to transactional data sources required by beans

== Also Known As

* Connector
* Connection Manager

== Responsibilities

* Provides beans with connection handles
* Manages pysical connections

== Related Packages

* javax.resource.spi