On 6/27/01 3:35 PM, "Rafal Krzewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jason van Zyl wrote:
>
>> Does anyone want to take a stab at decoupling the scheduler
>> from Turbine. I don't think a scheduled job should be a module.
>> I think that modules are responsible for the view pipeline and
>> nothing else.
>>
>> If someone could come up with a simple interface for a job
>> possibly, or some way to get rid of Turbine references in
>> the scheduler service that would be great. I will do if
>> no one else steps up, but I don't really use the scheduler
>> so it might burp if I make the changes.
>
> Job is similar to module in a way - you might want to use BSF
> service to have scripted jobs. I think that it is a quite
> nice feature.
Lots of things are similar to modules, but I think our standard
nomenclature uses modules to refer to the view pipeline. There
is a simple scheduler service that uses properties, and the peers
are even ok for now. I just want to get of the module part.
>
> As for the interface:
>
> public interface Job
> {
> public void run();
> public void terminate(Thread thread);
> }
Yup, simple enough.
> terminate is for asking the job to stop in an orderly manner
> (synchronous, or 'asynchronous but ASAP') when the system
> is shutting down. The thread parameter should allow access
> to the thread running this instance of the Job, in case
> the Job wants to use interrupt() or stop() (yes, this is
> neccessary in certain situations)
Yup.
> I think that commons have some stuff for thread pooling.
> You can also take my implementation of PoolService (you
> know where to look for it Jason). I can mail it to you
> with a 'code donated to the ASF' disclaimer.
I don't actually _want_ to do it myself :-) There's a PoolService
in Turbine already, I'll take a peek at using it if no one
else wants to give it a whirl.
Thanks,
> Rafal
>
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