What is generic DataSource in WebLogic?
Hereof, what is datasource in WebLogic?
A data source is an object that enables a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) client to obtain a database connection. WebLogic JDBC data sources provide database access and database connection management.
Keeping this in view, what is data source in SOA?
A datasource, as its name implies, is anything that acts as a source for data. Database is a source of data, and it has to be configured as a datasource to the SOA infrastrucure. Datasource in specific to the Weblogic Server is the connection to the actual underlying data provider.
A connection pool is a named group of identical JDBC connections to a database that are created when the connection pool is registered, usually when starting up WebLogic Server. Your application "borrows" a connection from the pool, uses it, then returns it to the pool by closing it.