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This chapter examines resource adapters and explains how communications
between Java EE servers and EIS systems are mediated by them.

The following topics are addressed here:

* link:resources001.html#GIPGL[What Is a Resource Adapter?]
* link:resources002.html#GIRDD[Metadata Annotations]
* link:resources003.html#GIPJU[Common Client Interface]
* link:resources004.html#CHDJFIGB[Using Resource Adapters with Contexts
and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI)]
* link:resources005.html#BNCJW[Further Information about Resource
Adapters]
