ResourceAdapter ra = ResourceManager.getResourceAdapter("adapterName"); Resource resource = ra.getResource(); ra.releaseResource(resource); public class MyResourceAdapter implements ResourceAdapter { @Override public Resource getResource() { Resource resource = new Resource(); // ... return resource; } @Override public void releaseResource(Resource resource) { // ... } } ResourceManager.registerResourceAdapter("adapterName", new MyResourceAdapter()); ResourceAdapter ra = ResourceManager.getResourceAdapter("adapterName"); Resource resource = ra.getResource(); ra.releaseResource(resource);