Currently "connection-factories" are bound to a JNDI name, however they are not deployed as services[1]. Please note that a data-source is bound and deployed as service. Also, user MUST be able to deploy multiple connection factories under a single resource adapter[2], both by editing the configuration file (standalone.xml, domain.xml) and using CLI[3].

[1]In Teiid a virtual database (VDB) depends on both data-sources and resource adapter's connection-factories to integrate the data. A VDB is deployed as a service, and this service is depends upon availability of data sources and connection factories. With out "connection factories" available as services there is no clean way I can tie in lifecycle of VDB with just with JNDI names.

[2]In Teiid a given resource adapter can more than one connection like reading data from two different files

[3]All data sources/connection factories needs to created using management api