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[offtopic] periodic cleanup task scheduling for webapp?
Hello,
Sorry for the offtopic question!
How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so
that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's
database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular
java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input.
Thanks for the help!
Patrick
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Re: [offtopic] periodic cleanup task scheduling for webapp?
Posted by Wendy Smoak <ws...@gmail.com>.
On 12/4/06, J. Patrick Bedell <jp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the offtopic question!
> How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so
> that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's
> database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular
> java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input.
Take a look at Quartz over at OpenSymphony
http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/
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Wendy
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Re: [offtopic] periodic cleanup task scheduling for webapp?
Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Leon,
Leon Rosenberg wrote:
>> On 12/4/06, Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
>>> J. Patrick Bedell wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> Sorry for the offtopic question!
>>> How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so
>>> that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's
>>> database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular
>>> java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input.
>>
>> Does your cleanup have to run from your webapp? If not, I would
>> recommend just using a plain-old command-line java program and schedule
>> it regularly using cron (UNIX) or whatever task scheduler is available
>> on win32.
>>
>
> Why if i may ask?
I recommend off line batch processing for a number of reasons:
1. There is usually no reason to make it part of the webapp.
If it's not necessary, my policy is not to do it.
2. If you have several app servers and only one database, why
have all the app servers run database cleanup routines?
3. Why take up resources in your app server (connections, CPU time,
etc.) that you can offload to another machine for these operations.
4. An out-of-process utility can be run from anywhere, and does not
require the weight of a servlet container -- in case you want
to run it standalone independently of your webapp (related to
#2 and #3).
#1 is really my -- heh -- #1 reason not to do it. Cron is also simpler
and more reliable than an in-webapp scheduled job. It can run scheduled
processes that should have been run during downtime and it can run while
the webapp itself is down.
- -chris
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Re: [offtopic] periodic cleanup task scheduling for webapp?
Posted by Leon Rosenberg <ro...@googlemail.com>.
On 12/4/06, Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
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> Patrick,
>
> J. Patrick Bedell wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Sorry for the offtopic question!
> > How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so
> > that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's
> > database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular
> > java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input.
>
> Does your cleanup have to run from your webapp? If not, I would
> recommend just using a plain-old command-line java program and schedule
> it regularly using cron (UNIX) or whatever task scheduler is available
> on win32.
Why if i may ask?
Leon
>
> - -chris
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Re: [offtopic] periodic cleanup task scheduling for webapp?
Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Patrick,
J. Patrick Bedell wrote:
> Hello,
> Sorry for the offtopic question!
> How might I configure my servlet container or webapp web.xml so
> that a periodic application performs a cleanup task for my webapp's
> database? I want to have a cleanup application (say, a particular
> java class) run periodically without triggering it on user input.
Does your cleanup have to run from your webapp? If not, I would
recommend just using a plain-old command-line java program and schedule
it regularly using cron (UNIX) or whatever task scheduler is available
on win32.
- -chris
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