why not look into java.util.Timer and java.util.TimerTask in JDK 1.3? Look
quite handy to me..
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Lacson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Samstag, 26. August 2000 02:10
Subject: RE: How to handle scheduled tasks?
>I would suggest doing the scheduling outside of the Orion App server.. Less
>code and more reliability. Try cron in Unix or at in NT.
>
>-P
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason von
>Nieda
>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:08 AM
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: How to handle scheduled tasks?
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>I am trying to decide how I should handle scheduled tasks in my
>applications under Orion. I have to do things like send out montly
>e-mails to registered users, expire old content every 90 days and such.
>I originally did this as a servlet that created a Thread but I was
>uncomfortable with it. I am currently doing it completely seperate
>from my application as a stand alone application but this is not
>ideal as it makes portability of applications difficult. I am currently
>looking into using EJBs for the task, but they don't quite fit
>either. Any ideas or experience on this one? Thanks.
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