Sean Comerford's Kick Arse Blog

AFC East
Belicheats 12 4 x Die brady die
Dolphins 8 8 Cutler won’t be that bad… or good
Bills 5 11 Preseason trades looks like they are joining tanking fun
Jets 3 13 Sucking for Sam but is defense good enough to avoid #1 pick?

AFC North
Steelers 11 5 x Plenty good enough to win division but not enough D to win AFC
Browns 7 9 Finally will be some signs of life in Cleveland
Bengals 7 9 The Marvin Lewis will finally come to an end in Cincy
Ravens 6 10 Offense was a mess before Flacco got hurt

AFC South
Titants 10 6 x Great young QB has no shortage of weapons – love Decker signing
Texans 9 7 y Watson is real deal – should have gone higher in draft. If he starts week 1 they probably win division
Jaguars 6 10 Baby steps for the bumbling Jaguars franchise
Colts 5 11 Lack of talent around Luck continues… is he even healthy?

AFC West
Raiders 12 4 x Pains me to say but Oak is the only team that can Belicheats – but do they have the D?
Chiefs 10 6 y Another “boring” wild card season – good D, decent offense but no chance of actually contending
Broncos 7 9 Doesn’t look like either Lynch of Semian are the answer
Chargers 6 10 Team won’t be much better in LA than it was in SD

NFC East
Giants 11 5 x Marshall a great add, defense best of division but concerns for O line
Cowboys 10 6 y A slight step back in year 2 and as usual lots of suspensions in jerry world
Eagles 8 8 Wentz improves in year 2 but not enough team talent to contend in this tough division
Redskins 7 9 Not giving Cousins a deal shows the skins brass has no idea what they’re doing

NFC North
Packers 12 4 x Clearly the cream of this weakish looking division but do they have enough D to really contend?
Vikings 7 9 Great D, mediocre offense
Lions 7 9 Lions continue to waste the career of underrated Matt Stafford
Bears 6 10 Will be better than people think after an abysmal season – Trubinsky plays well in 2nd half

NFC South
Falcons 11 5 x On paper no reason they shouldn’t once again be Super Bowl bound but we all know about hangovers
Buccaneers 10 6 x Winston has more weapons but o-line and defense are shaky
Saints 9 7 AP as a compliment to Ingram could be huge and if healthy the D should be good enough in tough division
Panthers 7 9 Little improvement over last year’s 6-10 team – Newton isn’t the same if he’s not running regularly

NFC West
Seathawks 11 5 y Defense is still great but lousy o-line will still hamper the offense.
Cardinals 7 9 Arizona just isn’t good enough across the board to contend even in weak NFC West
Rams 5 11 Some decent young players in place but not nearly enough – is Goff an NFL starter?
49ers 4 12 The build begins in full without Kap – seems like they should resigned him despite the sideshow

If I had remembered to post my MLB 2014 predictions, I can assure you they included the KC Royals winning the central division… I didn’t see them making it all the way to the series but I did see them in the post season. The Royals have had a ton of prospects for years and it was finally time for it to pay some dividends.

The Royals long, slow progress toward competitive baseball brings me to 2015… the few friends and co-workers I talked up the Royals to last year laughed at them making the post season after years of slow rebuild. Yet many of those same (and quite a few “experts”) are all hopped up on the Cubbies in 2015. It’s too much too soon… yes, the Cubs have a ton of prospects and a few blue chip established pros too. But Kris Bryant can look like Babe Ruth in the preseason all he wants, but ala the Royals it’s going to take a few years for them to make it all the way back to competitive.

Now, having gotten patting my own back and throwing cold water on the Cubs out of the way, here’s what’s going to happen in 2015:

AL East
Seems like only yesterday the Sux or Yankees were odds on favorites to win the AL every year. This division should be very competitive once again but I highly doubt the Yankees will be part of that competition – too old and too little pitching.

1. Orioles – they quietly won 96 games last year and had an ever quieter off season. But they should have healthy Machado and Wieters and (while he’ll never hit 50 HR again) Chris Davis almost HAS to be better than last year.
2. Blue Jays – if their bats stay healthy and their young pitchers step up, they are a serious contender for the AL pennant.
3. Red Sux – questionable pitching and (on a smaller scale) similar to the Cubs too much prospect hype for guys like Rusney and Betts. I wouldn’t be shocked if they won the division but it would likely be because they have the resources to acquire a bunch of guys down the strech.
4. Yankees – hard to believe but I’d say it’s 50/50 the Mets win more games than them… and I wouldn’t be shocked to see them in last place.
5. Rays – decent young pitching but not much else

AL Central
I picked the Royals as wild card last year and they delivered despite what was a down year for many of theirs guys. This year Hosmer and others rebound and they win the division outright as aging Tigers break down a bit.

1. Royals – the most surprising thing about the Royals last year for me was their disappointing bats. Hosmer, Moustakas and others disappointed and they still ended up in the series.
2. Indians – good young team that will finally get over the hump and make the playoffs. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them win division.
3. Tigers – clearly they still have a ton of talent and arguably the favorite in the central but I think their collective age is going to catch up to them this year.
4. White Sox – LaRoche and Samardzija are nice additions, dark horse wild card contender
5. Twin – where have you gone Kirby Puckett? Help is on the way but going to take several years of prospect development

AL West
Mariners offense should be better and they could challenge but Halos still seem a notch or two above the field here.

1. Angels – hard to see anyone else winning the division but how serious of a series contender they are will depend on pitching
2. Mariners – They could surprise me but Nelson Cruz was due for a big regression even before moving to Safeco
3. Astros – They added a bunch of bats to a good young core and could be a dark horse wild card contender in my book
4. A’s – I like some of the moves on offense but very skeptical on Kazmir and Pomeranz being key cogs in the rotation…. magic finally wears off this year I think
5. Rangers – they’re the AL west version of the yankees… lots of big names but too old and seriously lacking in the starting pitcher department

NL East
If the Nats don’t win this division by double digits, I’ll be surprised… heck, they might win it by 20.

1. Nationals – something tells me the Nats are going to be your classic 105 win, dominant regular season team that proceeds to flop in the playoffs.
2. Mets – they’ve been pathetic so long I think they are overdue to surprise a bit… and by that I mean they win 83 games
3. Marlins – it’s them or the Mets competing for the right to finish a distant 2nd place
4. Braves – they seem like they’ve been good for a long time but this year’s edition looks pretty bad… much worse than the team that won only 77 last year
5. Phillies – it’s going to get worse before it gets better for the Phils

NL Central
This might be the best division in baseball. All of the teams have playoff potential in my book. But the Cards have the best pitching and are most well balanced.

1. Cardinals – they added some nice pieces to an already solid squad and the young pitchers will take another step forward
2. Pirates – not enough pitching to be a true series contender but another wild card berth is doable
3. Reds – several key guys (Votto, Bruce, etc) had very down years but don’t write them off… those guys will bounce back and they have good young pitching
4. Cubs – I see a bit of playoff hype for them but to me eclipsing .500 would be a good goal for a very young team
5. Brewers – Other than the beer and brats, not much to get excited about in Milwaukee

NL West
After a charmed run to the championship last year, Giants slip. Dodgers added some pieces are clearly the class here.

1. Dodgers – the window is closing for this team to win a series… not sure about winning but I could definitely see them at least making it there this year
2. Padres – nice off season moves and a more hitter friendly park configuration could make this team a wild card contender.
3. Giants – I think they’ll drop off significantly after last year’s magical run but I wouldn’t be surprised to see them sneak into 2nd and a wild card again
4. D’backs – better than last year but that’s not saying much
5. Rockies – not better than last year and that’s not good

Playoffs

• AL Wild Card: Indians beat Blue Jays
• NL Wild Card: Pirates beat Padres
• AL Divisional: Orioles beat Indians, Angels beat Royals
• NL Divisional: Nationals beat Pirates, Cardinals beat Dodgers
• AL Championship: Orioles beat Angels
• NL Championship: Cardinals beat Nationals

World Series
Underrated pitching staff and solid bounce back seasons from guys like Machado and Wieters power the O’s to the AL pennant for first time since 1983. The vanilla Cards are back again… they may not be super exciting but all they do is win. Red Birds win in 6 games.

Well, my 2013 prediction were close… I just picked the wrong NFC West titan to beat the Broncos. I even correctly predicted camera-less Brady would once again not looking anything like Joe Montana in losing to Denver in the AFC Championship.

Frankly this year I’m not feeling so confident… I really want to predict a rematch between Seattle and Denver; neither lost anyone too dramatic and Denver signed a bunch of big names. But it’s tough to repeat and both the Seahawks D and Denver O seem primed for some regression.

NFC
East – PHI (9-7), WAS (8-8), NYG (7-9), DAL (6-10)…. Eagles will once again be the best of four flawed teams.
North – GNB (11-5), CHI (10-6), DET (7-9), MIN (6-10)… Packers and Bears best the one dimensional Lions and Vikes.
South – NO (13-3), CAR (9-7), TB (8-8), ATL (7-9)… Saints will benefit from a somewhat soft division and even softer schedule.
West – SEA (12-4), SF (10-6), ARI (8-8), STL (6-10)… Still the toughest division in football by far; I was this close to predicting the 49ers to falter and miss playoffs but they just have too much talent. Rams way better than 6-10 but not in this brutal division.

AFC
East – NWE (11-5), NYJ (8-8), MIA (7-9), BUF (5-11)… sigh, Pats cruise to another title; only real question is whether this is final year in Buffalo for Bills. Jets secondary a mess but the offense has to be better after looking like a D3 team last year so they will sneak into the playoffs to keep Rex around for at least 1 more year.
North – CIN (10-6), BAL (9-7), PIT (7-9), CLE (4-12)… Dalton taking a lot of flak for playoff losses but he’s still young and improved each of his 3 seasons. Ravens are a sleeper if o-line figured out…. Steelers are old and Browns losing Gordon really hurt whoever ends up playing QB.
South – IND (11-5), HOU (7-9), TEN (6-10), JAC (3-13)… Colts should go 6-0 in division play and improvement from Luck could make them the #1 seed in AFC. Texans bounce back a bit but still a weak field here.
West – DEN (12-4), KC (8-8), SD (7-9), OAK (4-12)… Denver still loaded but both they and KC will come back down to earth a bit after 2013 peaks. Raiders suffer through another miserable season… and possibly last season moving back to LA again.

Playoffs
NFC Wild Card Round – Packers and 49ers prevail over Bears and Eagles
AFC Wild Card Round – Jets sneak into playoffs only to get stomped by the hated Belicheats, Bengals finally get a playoff W vs Ravens
NFC Divisional Round – Saints edge the 49ers, Seahawks edge the Packers
AFC Divisional Round – Broncos rough up Bengals, Belicheats edge Colts as traitor Revis snags two of Luck’s 3 INTs
NFC Championship – No 12th man no problem as the Seahawks silence the Superdome.
AFC Championship – Manning-Brady bowl part 57… I really want to pick Denver but my gut is telling me Belicheats

Super Bowl
Remember how bad the Seahawks made Peyton look last year? Welp, this year Tomwina is on the receiving end of “baby seal clubbing”. Seahawks repeat as defense is not quite as dominant but Russell Wilson grows into a top 5 or so NFL QB.

Last year I predicted 49ers vs Belicheats in the Super Bowl which was half right. And Colin Kaepernick and the Niners came pretty close to fulfilling my prediction that they would win the big game. Throw in the fact the Belicheats made it to the AFC Championship and I’d say that’s not half bad.

But let’s cut right to the chase – I’m going to nail it this year b/c I’m taking the 49ers again. They are going to steamroll through the NFC and then bitch smack the weaker AFC in the title game. Peyton and the Broncos look like the cream of the top heavy AFC but they will not be able to handle the 49ers D or Kaepernick. Denver is built well to beat a pocket QB like Brady but I see Kaepernick shredding their blitzes for a 38-17 win while Peyton tries to do much and throws 3 picks.

Now that I’ve told you what’s going to happen in the big game I might as well give you the standings.

AFC
East = NE (13-3), BUF (7-9), MIA (5-11), NYJ (5-11)… yawn – Belicheats dominate the weak east again as Dolphins look like 2011 Marlins, Geno Smith looks like a bust for the soon to be Rex-less Jets and EJ Manuel gives Buffalosers hope for the future.
North = (9-7), CLE (8-8), BAL (8-8), PIT (6-10)… the Bengals improved offense and solid D is enough to win a hard fought but ultimately underwhelming division race. The Browns surprise by stealing a wild card as the Ravens fail to replace all the pieces they lost and the Steelers look like a team in need of a rebuild.
South = HOU (12-4), TEN (9-7), IND (7-9), JAC (4-12)… Texans easily take another division titles. Colts come back down to earth after Cinderella ’12 and Jaguars stink again. Big story is Titans getting hot late in the year and snagging wild card berth.
West = DEN (13-3), SD (6-10), KC (5-11), OAK (3-13)… Broncos dominate a putrid AFC West.

NFC
East = DAL (10-6), WAS (8-8), NYG (7-9), PHI (6-10)… Romo and the Cowboys get back into the playoffs with minimal drama this year but still don’t win when they get there. Redskins can’t match 2012 performance while Giants and Eagles both show they need to seriously reload talent wise.
North = GB (12-4), CHI (9-7), MIN (8-8), DET (6-10)… Packers class of this division. Bears offense plays better but still not enough protection for the passing game. Vikings and Lions are “tough outs” but generally outs none the less.
South = ATL (12-4), NO (8-8), TB (6-10), CAR (5-11)… Falcons barely break a sweat within the division. Saints rebound a bit but even Sean Payton can’t cover up the terrible D that much. Bucs and Panthers both end up way worse than they might look on paper.
West = SF (14-2), SEA (11-5), STL (9-7), ARI (5-11)… wasn’t it just 2 or 3 years ago someone with a losing record won this division? Now its got 3 teams that would stand a good chance of finishing first in any other division. Ultimately the 49ers defense is just too good and Kaepernick terrorizes the league both running and throwing. The ‘Hawks are probably 2nd best team in the AFC but can’t get away from SF as they’ll eventually lose to them in the playoffs as well. Rams are going to sneak up on a lot of people – their offense loaded up and an improving young D. Cardinals are better than 5-11 but can’t compete in this brutal division.

Playoffs
AFC Wild Card Round = Texans hold off feisty Browns, Titans upset Bengals
NFC Wild Card Round = Seahawks throttle Cowboys, Packers edge Rams
AFC Divisional Round = Pats over Texans in a classic, Broncos romp over Titans
NFC Divisional Round = 49ers offense is too much for Seahawks to match, Packers best Falcons in a no D shootout
AFC Championship = Even Belicheat can’t cover all the Denver receivers and the Broncos pass rush shows once again Brady can’t take a hit
NFC Championship = Just like last year, the Packers defense is no match for Kaepernick.

Super Bowl
The game is close early as Kaepernick looks a little tentative despite being on the big stage 2nd straight year. But eventually the 49ers offense starts to click and San Fran starts to pull away early in the 2nd half. By the end of the 3rd quarter Peyton has resorted to trying to do it all by himself, forcing throws for a couple of bad picks. By early in the 4th quarter this one is over and the 49ers may just have the start of another hall of fame qb career & dynasty on their hands.

Ok, so I’m about 2 weeks late with these predictions but since no one is reading this blog I think we’re fine here.

Let’s also not talk about last year where my MLB predictions were not so hot – neither of my world series teams even made the playoffs :-/

So on to 2013!

AL East

1. Yankees – this division is by far the toughest to call but rumors of Bombers demise are premature.. plenty of talent and still deep pockets at the deadline
2. Rays – they’ll continue to be just good enough to make the playoffs and not do anything in them
3. Red Sux – same story as the Yankees… as much as I’d love to see it happen, last year’s disaster will not repeat
4. Blue Jays – they will be to 2013 what the Marlins were in 2012… a high priced all star team that will flop
5. Orioles – the O’s luck from 2012 runs out and they go back in the basement

AL Central

1. Tigers – getting back VMart is like a big free agent signing… class of the AL thanks to the pitching
2. White Sox – none of the other 4 teams in this division impress me much but I’ll give slight edge to Chisox based on pitching
3. Indians – I see the Tribe making a surprise wild card run but fading down the stretch
4. Royals – Shields is nice but still not getting over the .500 hump
5. Twins – going to be a loooong year for Minny

AL West

1. Angels – Hamilton adds to an already loaded lineup but the real question is how good is their pitching
2. Athletics – 2012 Cinderella is for real and wild get a wild card this year
3. Rangers – they are headed into mini rebuild mode with a bunch of aging vets being phased out for youngsters… I wouldn’t be surprised to see them sub .500 this year but contending again in a season or two
4. Mariners – I like most of the little moves they made in the offseason as Morse and Morales should add some nice pop. Tempted to pick them to finish ahead of Texas but that might be a reach
5. Astros – new league, same triple A level talent

NL East

1. Nationals – tempted to pick the Braves here but I’ll go with the masses and say Nats win in a close race
2. Braves – I love getting Justin Upton… they’ll give Nats all they can handle in tougher than expected NL East
3. Mets – this is more of a reflection of how bad I think the Phillies and Marlins are going to be than a vote of confidence in the Mets
4. Phillies – don’t like their chances of a rebound much at all… beating the Mets out for 3rd (which isn’t saying much) is a possibility but so is giving the fish a run for last place
5. Marlins – Miami will see how AAA ball draws in that brand new tax payer funded stadium

NL Central

1. Reds – tons of offense but can they pitch?
2. Cardinals – I was very close to picking them to win the division so they are a few key Reds’ injuries away from 1st
3. Pirates – unless they find some starting pitching, they’ll once again come up just short of finishing above .500 for the first time in forever
4. Brewers – similar to Pirates, a solid offense with some big bats but not much starting rotation depth
5. Cubs – may get worse before they get better

NL West

1. Dodgers – health is the biggest concern for the Dodgers… they could have the best record in the NL or miss the playoffs depending on how their DL ends up looking
2. Giants – if you’re a baseball fan, you have to like how this team is put together and I can easily see them beating out the Dodgers
3. Rockies – best of the rest in the very top heavy NL West
4. Diamond Backs – congrats to the D’Backs for finally ridding themselves of one of the best young players in baseball!
5. Padres – the fences at PETCO have moved in so all the San Diego losses are higher scoring

Playoffs
Wild Card: Giants over Braves and Athletics over Rays
Divisional Round: Tigers over Athletics, Angels over Yankees, Nationals over Giants and Dodgers over Reds as both NL series go 7
Championship Round: Tigers over Angels in 6, Nationals over Dodgers in 5
World Series: Tiger over Nationals in 6

Well, I was half right with my 2011 NFL picks. I correctly predicted the Belicheats (who are, sans video cameras, 1/2 way to Buffalo Bills territory and trail the Jets in legitimate Super Bowl victories 1-0) would lose the Super Bowl. I also accurately predicted Belicheat would at least shake hands this time and, yes, Brady did cry like a little girl. The only facet of the glorious, righteous defeat of the evil football team from New Engalnd I failed to anticipate was Gizelle making a fool of herself after the game blaming her doofy husband’s teammates.

All that being said, I missed the boat on the winner. The Packers obviously didn’t win and I didn’t even have the Giants making the playoffs. But the important thing is the Belicheats lost and I predicted it!!!

Ok, on to the 2012 picks:

AFC
East = Belicheats (12-4), Bills (10-6), Jets (7-9), Dolphins (3-13)… Pats again, Bills feast on an easy schedule, Mark Sanchez again fails to improve, ‘Fins stink and Tannenhill ain’t the answer
North = Ravens (11-5), Steelers (9-7), Bengals (7-9), Browns (3-13)… Ravens aging D still good enough here, Steelers o-line still a mess, Bengals take a step back (as usual) and the Browns are, well, the Browns
South = Texans (12-4), Titans (10-6), Colts (6-10), Jaguars (2-14)… Texans could be + or – two wins depending on health of offensive trio, Jake Locker the real deal for Titans, same for Andrew Luck in Indy, not for Gabbert and awful Jaguars who may punch their ticket outta FLA this year
West = Broncos (10-6), Raiders (9-7), Chiefs (7-9), Chargers (5-11)… Peyton has to be worth at least 2 more wins right?, I like Raiders tho not sure why entirely, Chiefs are just blah and Chargers window of opportunity officially closes this year as Norv finally gets axe

NFC
East = Eagles (12-4), Cowboys (10-6), Giants (8-8), Redskins (6-10)… Eagles pick up where they left off last year (4 wins to finish season) but Vick health always a concern, Cowboys solid, Giants had too many things break right last year and will miss playoffs as that normalizes, Redskins a tough team that would be a wild card contender in an easier division as RG3 does a decent Cam Newton impersonation
Central = Packers (13-3), Bears (10-6), Lions (9-7), Vikings (4-12)… Packers breeze through regular season again, Bears improved just enough to take advantage of young Lions struggling as Stafford misses 4 to 6 games and Vikings a long way from being good with or without AP
South = Saints (11-5), Falcons (8-8), Panthers (7-9), Bucs (6-10)… Sean Payton or not, Saints still plenty good enough to win this weak division, Falcons are an overrated & soft team, Panthers won’t get same crazy year outta Newton, Bucs are not real good
West = 49ers (14-2), Cardinals (6-10), Seahawks (5-11), Rams (2-14)… Dominant niners and 3 really lousy teams

Playoffs
AFC Wildcard round = Titans upset Ravens, Broncos throttle Bills
NFC Wildcard round = Eagles crush Bears (Cutler knocked out again in playoffs), Cowboys upset Saints
AFC Divisional Round = Texans beat Titans, Belicheats throttle Peyton in a different uniform for a change
NFC Divisional Round = 49ers beat Cowboys, Eagles upset Packers with great pass rush
AFC Championship = Texans vs Belicheats… if Texans are all healthy at this point they win but unfortunately another Belicheats Super Bowl instead
NFC Championship = 49ers beat Eagles in a great game but Vick throws 3 crucial picks to doom Eagles

Super Bowl
49ers vs Belicheats… Tom Brady is bruised and battered again. Running scared all game and rushing throws b/c he can’t take the heat when he doesn’t know what plays the defense is calling, Brady drops to 0-3 in the Super Bowl. His lousy performance proves once and for all the “Montana like magic” was actually just good ol’ fashioned cheating. Alex Smith wins Super Bowl MVP but will out of the league within 3 years. 2012 champs = San Francisco 49ers

So at work we use F5 networks BIG-IP load balancer.

Every once in a while i find myself needing to do a URL rewrite with the load balancer to map a non-existing /foo context to the actual /bar backend.

And every time that happens I can’t remember how exactly to do it and Google doesn’t either… so for posterity and my own benefit the next time, assuming you already have an iRule created add this:

switch -glob [HTTP::uri] {
"/nhlv2/*" { pool nhl_v2_test_pool; HTTP::path [string replace [HTTP::path] 0 5 "/nhl"] }
... other rules here ...
}

Node that you MUST have a pool configured and be pointing to that – the HTTP::path string replace part will NOT work if you are pointing to just a node directly. (i.e. { node 1.2.3.4 80; HTTP::path [string replace [HTTP::path] 0 5 "/nhl"] } does NOT work.

Hope this helps someone – or at least me next time I have to do this!

So in my day job at ESPN we’ve been using Glassfish & MDBs to do JMS message processing for several years now. But most of our messaging stuff is queue based and we’re only now getting around to upgrading our topic publishers from Glassfish 2.1 to V3.

As per our IBM webshpere MQ support contract, we have to use their wmq.jmsra-7.0.1.4 resource adapter (not the generic JMS adapter that GF comes with).

We ran into an issue when we upgraded from V2 to V3.1 where resource injection of a topic (i.e. @Resource(mappedName="jms/NBATopic") private Topic nbaTopic;) seemed to not work anymore and threw an exception looking something like this:

com.sun.enterprise.container.common.spi.util.InjectionException: Error creating managed object for class: class com.espn.jmstest.SendMsgServletMQ
at
… snip snip …
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Exception attempting to inject Unresolved Message-Destination-Ref com.espn.jmstest.SendMsgServletMQ/topic@java.lang.String@null into class com.espn.jmstest.SendMsgServletMQ: Lookup failed for ‘java:comp/env/com.espn.jmstest.SendMsgServletMQ/topic’ in SerialContext[myEnv={java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialInitContextFactory, java.naming.factory.state=com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.JNDIStateFactoryImpl, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.sun.enterprise.naming}
… snip snip …
Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: NBATopic not found
… snip snip …
… 50 more

Long story short, the problem stemmed from defining the Connector Admin Object Resource via the V3 admin console. This worked fine in V2 but the dialog for it in V3 forces the attribute class-name="com.ibm.mq.connector.outbound.MQTopicProxy" on you (click screenshot).

Not sure why V3 added class-name as required but the attribute in the underlying domain.xml is NOT required. So the solution is to simply use asadmin create-admin-object directly so you end up with something like this in your domain.xml (and yes, I know, we should have been real men and used the command line all along!):

<admin-object-resource res-adapter="wmq.jmsra-7.0.1.4"
        res-type="javax.jms.Topic" jndi-name="jms/NBATopic">
    <property name="baseTopicName" value="SA/NBA"></property>
    <property name="baseQueueManagerName" value="QM_ESPN_01_DEV"></property>
</admin-object-resource>

Voila! Same code from V2 works just fine in V3.

Here’s the long back story / full instructions on how to set up Glassfish to talk to Websphere MQ using the IBM RA – hopefully this helps the next poor sucker Googling for it:

1. Install IBM RA far to GF instance (your MQ distro should come with a file named something like wmq.jmsra-7.0.1.4.rar which can be deployed directly)
2. Create a connector connection pool specifying wmq.jmsra-7.0.1.4 as the resource adapter and javax.jms.TopicConnectionFactory as the definition (seems it has to be TopicConnectionFactory not generic ConnectionFactory). We set “NoTransaction” and then set the following properties: transportType; channel; hostName; queueManager; port (the value of which obviously depends on your MQ setup). The connection factory should ping successfully in both V2 and V3.
3. Create a Connector Resource pointing to the pool created in step #2.
4. Create a Connector Admin Object Resource jms/NBATopic of type javax.jms.Topic specifying the wmq.jmsra adapter and the topic + queue manager properties required by the IBM RA. NOTE*: if you try step 4 using the GF V2 admin console, all is good. If you try it using the V3 admin console, you will run into the class-name attribute problem described above and no workey – so use asadmin create-admin-object in V3 as the GUI has a required dropdown with only the 1 selection !!!

Then the code to get the topic and publish to it is pretty simple and looks something like this:

Breitbart doing what the mainstream media refuses to do on their boy Obama – vetting his past lies and transgressions… like they would if, you know, he wasn’t a liberal…

Like the article says, it’s highly unlikely Obama actually was born in Kenya – Billary would have turned that up to win in 2008 if he had been.

But it IS about the mainstream media completely ignoring the fact that as recently as 20 years ago Obama’s own publications listed him as “born in Kenya” – which proves that either he’s willing to lie when it suits him or he actually IS ineligible to be president.

Dan Rather went live with made up “facts” on Bush skipping out on the National Guard.

And there have been a bunch of recent investigations into who Romney may have beat up in high school 40 years ago.

But when fairly recent biographies written by Obama or at least his publicist say he was born in a different country? Not a story.

When the president is linked to trying to auction off his former senate seat? Not a story.

When the president personal pastor turns out to be a raging, anti-American racist? Not a story.

It goes on and on… just unreal.

You were always a bit crazy but we loved you anyway…