>> And yes — running as a servlet, your timed tasks will run just as in a >> standalone application. > > >> Regarding your timer, if you use WO I guess it could support that somehow >> but a servlet is like a direct action -- it just responds to user requests. >> Scheduling could be done via something as simple as crontab or something >> heavy like Quartz (http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/ ); you might also be >> able to spawn your own thread and do it manually but that's not encouraged >> since the container is supposed to manage that. > > > > I'm confused. It seems like these two replies are disagreeing… anyone > know for definite whether servlet apps run like normal apps, or > whether they just run on user request (like a PHP script would)?
WO Apps in containers run like normal WO apps, with a constant continuous lifespan. Your timers will run just fine. Cheers, - hugi _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-deploy mailing list (Webobjects-deploy@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
