Rick: There is no need to restart Tomcat just update the data stored in your bean.
You could provide a jsp or servlet that maps the input parameter names / values to setter methods in your application bean. Then your external process simply needs to send a URL GET (or POST) request with the new data. Alternatively, you could write a class that implements ServletContextListener and that also implements Runnable. This class could start itself in a new thread in the contextInitialized() method. The run() method could wake up every now and then and go and get the 'updated' data you need, then update your Application scope bean. Don't forget to provide the means to stop your thread in the contextDestroyed() method. The 2.3 Servlet spec features really provide elegant ways of solving many of the problems that required container specific hacks in earlier spec versions. Good Luck Tom Drake ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:52 PM Subject: Periodically Refresh Application Bean? | I have an application that has a bean with application scope. | I would like to run a cron job once a day to refresh the data in this | bean. It would be nice if I did not have to restart Tomcat everytime. | Anyone know how I could do this? | | Thanks, | | -- | ******************************************* | * Rick Roberts * | * Advanced Information Technologies, Inc. * | ******************************************* | | | -- | To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
