Hello, I am currently building a web-based game, and my typical scenario is as follows: - Player A sends a command to the server. This command is supposed to be fired after n seconds - Once the n seconds are passed, the server execute the command, and notifies all the player of the game of what has happened. While this command is waiting to be executed, players can send other commands to the queue, which will then be executed in due time.
The issue I have here is the "once n seconds have passed". From what I see: - Creating a Timer to execute after n seconds is not possible within GAE - Tasks Queues seem to fit my need. I could even use the etaMillis to get around the FIFO nature of queues. My concern here is with the delay after which a task sent to a queue becomes available for processing. The Pull Queues Documentation <http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/taskqueue/overview-pull.html#Leasing_Tasks> clearly says that "may be a short delay before tasks recently added using add()<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/javadoc/com/google/appengine/api/taskqueue/Queue.html#add()> become available via leaseTasks()<http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/javadoc/com/google/appengine/api/taskqueue/Queue.html#leaseTasks(long,%20java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit,%20long)>", but there is no such warning on Push Queues. Would you have a recommendation as to what to use? Is this kind of "real-time" requirement even achievable with GAE? Thanks for any hint, -- Sébastien Tromp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
