For me JMS is too heavy duty for this simple task. There are simple mechanisms for coding job completion, etc.
Jack On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:49:50 -0700, Jim Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Vic > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 1:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [OT]Threads and Servlets Question > > > > > > A common solution I use is to have async processes run by cron or > > similar to prepare and massage data. A sperate application that runs > > every few minutes and dies. > > > > A long time ago it was said "Batch is bread and butter of IT. View is > > only the icing on the cake." > > > > .V > > > > > > Jan Fetyko wrote: > > > This is interesting, > > > > > > let me ask another related question : > > > > > > What about a thread (started from the Action) that just > > resizes an image and saves it to a file system ? Would that > > be also a bad idea ? > > Depends on how important the image is... what happens if the server dies? > Your image resize is not done and you may have no idea that that's what > happened. Using a mechanism like JMS, or Producer/Consumer allows you to > save state and pick up where you left off. As Craig said it's up to you do > any error handling inside the thread, which is not as easy as it sounds. > > > > > > > > > Jano > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- "You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep." ~Native Proverb~ "Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows." ~Hunkesni (Sitting Bull), Hunkpapa Sioux~ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
