Hi, If you are deploying on a full blown EJB container, you can use the TimerService too.
I personally used Spring to run periodic TimerTasks and it works well. You don't need to use Quartz if your scheduling needs are simple (like run each 10 minutes). 2007/11/5, Antonio Petrelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2007/11/5, Christopher Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Ashish, > > > > Ashish Kulkarni wrote: > > > There wont be any user input and this thread should be called after like > > 10 > > > minutes, also i want to have a jsp page from where i can maintain this > > > thread, like stop, change the time it should run etc. > > > > > > Are there any specific J2EE api i can use, or should i just use a time > > > thread, and store the handle to this thread in servlet context so i can > > > access and modify it.. > > > > Lots of folks use Quartz for this kind of thing. It's a cron-like Java > > API. > > > > Though I think that Quartz is a great product, it is discouraged by the Java > EE specifications to create threads in a webapp. > The curious thing is that there is no a specification on how to create > scheduled processes in Java EE, and every container has its own > implementation, for example Websphere has Work Manager. > So keep in mind that, if you are using Quartz, you are somewhat breaking the > rules, though there is a missing rule :-) > > Ciao > Antonio > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
