If this is not supported in Tomcat, is there a way or a plan to have this kind of service? This would really be a big help to many developers.
Just a thought Aris -----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:34 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Equivalent of Resin "run-at" servlet configuration I think the Cocoon project has such a facility. I'm not sure how complicated it would be to pull out that functionality, but their work might be worth looking at for this. --David Parsons Technical Services wrote: > With all the questions and suggestions flying around, a question to > the other programmers: If one was to write a class for the purpose of > running classes at set times, what pitfalls would one need to watch for? > > I have a class that loads on startup and runs a continuous loop that > is timed (sleeps, wakes up, does something, sleeps again). It runs > fine, but I know that it could be better. > > Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated. And maybe we could > create an add-on and post it for use in apps that need such a device. > > Thanks > > Doug > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikola Milutinovic" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:55 AM > Subject: Re: Equivalent of Resin "run-at" servlet configuration > > >> Subramanya Sastry wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am developing a Java web application, and one of the requirements >>> is to run a particular servlet periodically, or even at specified >>> times. Resin provides this ability via its "run-at" configuration >>> element for servlets in web.xml >>> >>> Example Resin configuration: >>> <servlet> >>> <servlet-name>download</servlet-name> >>> <servlet-class>DownloadNewsServlet</servlet-class> >>> <run-at period='360m'/> >>> </servlet> >>> >>> However, I haven't found an equivalent configuration for Tomcat. I >>> searched the web and was unsuccessful. So, any pointers as to how I >>> could achieve this for Tomcat would be appreciated. >>> >> >> There is none and shouldn't be any. I understand the need to run >> periodical tasks, but J2EE specification, prior to 1.4 has no such >> provisions. Further, Servlet/JSP specification has no such provision, >> even in J2EE 1.4. You'd be best advised to setup a cron-job to >> perform this periodic activity. There are several good HTTP client >> packages out there, Jakarta-Commons HTTPclient, to name one, that >> will help you in building the client side of your cron-job. >> >> Nix. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
