This document is intended for OracleAS 10.1.3.x administrators and J2EE developers deploying applications for OracleAS 10.1.3.x who wish to refresh a Connection Pool using an MBean.
There should never be a need to refresh a Connection Pool as stale connection should be handled automatically by the pool. One way to avoid stale connection is to follow this note, should stale connections be your issue.
<Document 565625.1> An Explanation of the validate-connection Option for an OC4J Datasource and its Behavior with Respect to Connection Pooling.