Hi, Ddunno if it will get in Java EE 7. If yes, then it should go quickly in the todo list for TomEE.
Otherwise, we can also include such a feature or maybe someone can contribute it. That'd be even better. JLouis 2012/12/7 Howard W. Smith, Jr. <smithh032...@gmail.com> > I recognized the following blog this morning: > > Concurrency Utilities for Java EE Early Draft (JSR 236) [1] > > Will this be available at some point in TomEE (and OpenEJB) at some point? > Also, the following was mentioned in the blog: > > Using Java SE concurrency utilities such as java.util.concurrent API, > java.lang.Thread andjava.util.Timer in a Java EE application component such > as EJB or Servlet are problematic since the container and server have no > knowledge of these resources. > > Is the above statement true with TomEE? I am asking, because I am planning > to use the Timer service in my JSF web app. I did see the TomEE > schedule-expression and schedule-methods examples on the TomEE examples > page, so that tells me that I can use Timer service and 'rely' on it. > > Please answer first question above (most of all). Thanks. > > [1] > https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/concurrency_utilities_for_java_ee > -- Jean-Louis