Fernando, I'm glad to hear that. thanks for the response.
Howard On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Fernando Lozano <ferna...@lozano.eti.br>wrote: > Hi, > > In this specific scenario (Timer service) I can't imagine why you wouldn't > want to use EJB Timers, long time supported by the Java EE spec and > EpenEJB/TomEE. > > I also see many developers doing complex things using timers and threads, > where Java EE 5/6 async EJBs and JMS would provide for simpler and more > resilient solutions > > Sometimes people just look at web and Java SE features and forget about > the entire Java EE stack. ;-) > > > []s, Fernando Lozano > > > Hi, >> >> will be included but not before it is 1) final, 2) we created the >> branch for > JavaEE 6 (still dont know if we directly go to JavaEE 7 >> or we do an intermediate branch like we did before JavaEE 6) >> >> That's said i think the WorkManager is already something interesting in >> JavaEE. >> >> And about not managed resources...you should be able to use them (we >> don't prevent it) but you have to manage it yourself... >> >> Romain Manni-Bucau >> Twitter: @rmannibucau >> Blog: http://rmannibucau.wordpress.**com/<http://rmannibucau.wordpress.com/> >> LinkedIn: >> http://fr.linkedin.com/in/**rmannibucau<http://fr.linkedin.com/in/rmannibucau> >> Github: https://github.com/rmannibucau >> >> >> >> 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<https://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta/entry/concurrency_utilities_for_java_ee> >>> >> >