Interesting, okay, thank you both for the responses. :)
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <jeano...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >