Unable to dynamically set JPA datasource when creating entity manager factory in JBoss EAP

Environment

• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7
• Hibernate 5

Issue

• Passing javax.persistence.jtaDataSource in the property map supplied to Content from javaee.github.io is not included.Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(String, Map).
• The value for the property is ignored and the default datasource (or one defined in the persistence.xml using jta-data-source or non-jta-data-source) is used instead.

Resolution

This issue¹ is resolved in This content is not included.EAP 7.2 cumulative patch (CP) 7 and later releases.

Root Cause

This is a known defect (Content from hibernate.atlassian.net is not included.HHH-12858).

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