> How about running an application that periodically posts to
> the servlet?
>
>
> > How can a servlet be automatically be invoked by
> > itself, say peroidically?
> > Usul
I think a better way is to write a servlet which is configured
as a load on startup servlet which forks a separate "scheduler"
thread which then defines tasks to be completed at specified
interval(using a properties file or init params...). The
Thread(Runnable) will essentially be a infinite loop which will
check to see if it's time to run certain tasks. i.e.
while(1) {
if ( /*somethings true 1*/ ) {
/*perform task 1*/
}
if ( /*somethings true 2*/ ) {
/*perform task 2*/
}
// ...
}
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Michael Wentzel
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