There is an interesting article on DevX regarding timer tasks.
http://www.devx.com/premier/mgznarch/Javapro/2002/02feb02/eb0202/eb0202-2.asp
It looks like it does what you want.
Cheers,
Scott
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Geoff Soutter wrote:
>Hmm, want us to write it for you?
>
>But seriously, there are commercial apps for J2EE scheduling if that's
>the kind of thing you are after, just use google...
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>Geoff
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Justin
>Crosbie
>Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:49 AM
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: RE: Job Scheduler pattern
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>Yes I have seen that, it is very bare-bones. It doesn't even use the
>Timer classes. I need to know how to make this robust.
>
>Thanks,
>Justin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph B. Ottinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 25 January 2002 12:04
>To: Orion-Interest
>Subject: Re: Job Scheduler pattern
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>The www.orionsupport.com site has a sample scheduler that can easily be
>converted to do something like this.
>
>On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Justin Crosbie wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm not sure if I've asked this before, or if I should be asking on a
>>general EJB list.
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>>I'd like to implement a job scheduler in J2EE. This would shcedule the
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>>execution of EJB methods at a specified time in the future. It would
>>have
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>to
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>>be persistent, and jobsd would be rescheduled upon appserver restart.
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>>Is it as simple as using the Timer and TimerTask in java.util to
>>implement an app that is started with the <client-module> tag?
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>>Does it matter as far as Orion goes whether I use a java.util.Timer as
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>>a daemon or not?
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>>What can I do if the app, or the Timer object dies at any stage?
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>>I've had problems where after some time something goes wrong I get a
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>strange
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>>Remote Exception, and the only solution is to restart the VM. What
>>might cause this?
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>>Any opinions on this? How do I make this solution robust is what I am
>>asking.
>>
>>Thanks for any help,
>>Justin
>>
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