### Eclipse Workspace Patch 1.0
#P jackrabbit-jca
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCAManagedConnectionFactory.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCAManagedConnectionFactory.java	(revision 1467898)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jca/JCAManagedConnectionFactory.java	(working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@
     private Boolean bindSessionToTransaction = Boolean.TRUE;
 
     /**
+     * Flag indicating whether the Repository should start
+     * immediately or lazy on first access. Per default true so the Repository will
+     * start immediately if this JCAManagedConnectionFactory will be initialized.
+     */
+    private Boolean startRepositoryImmediately = Boolean.TRUE;
+
+    /**
      * Repository.
      */
     private transient Repository repository;
@@ -143,8 +150,10 @@
     public Object createConnectionFactory(ConnectionManager cm)
             throws ResourceException {
         // JCR-3491 Start the Repository immediatly in JCA Environment. 
-        // If this Instance is in a Cluster it would not get any changes till someone performs a first login 
-        createRepository();
+        // If this Instance is in a Cluster it would not get any changes till someone performs a first login
+    	if (startRepositoryImmediately) {
+    		createRepository();
+    	}
         JCARepositoryHandle handle = new JCARepositoryHandle(this, cm);
         log("Created repository handle (" + handle + ")");
         return handle;
@@ -221,7 +230,17 @@
     /**
      * Return the repository, automatically creating it if needed.
      */
-    public Repository getRepository() throws RepositoryException {
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	public Repository getRepository() throws RepositoryException {
+    	if (repository == null) {
+    		synchronized (this) {
+    			try {
+    				createRepository();
+    			} catch (ResourceException e) {
+    				throw (RepositoryException) e.getLinkedException();
+    			}
+			}
+    	}
         return repository;
     }
     
@@ -288,4 +307,12 @@
         this.bindSessionToTransaction = bindSessionToTransaction;
     }
 
+    public Boolean getStartRepositoryImmediately() {
+        return startRepositoryImmediately;
+    }
+
+    public void setStartRepositoryImmediately(Boolean startRepositoryImmediately) {
+        this.startRepositoryImmediately = startRepositoryImmediately;
+    }
+
 }