Timer usage in java program

[sandeeprao.techno]

Hello everyone,
This is my first post in this forum.

I was trying a program using java.util.Timer.
I have scheduled a task to happen once a day, but I want to know whether this program needs to be compiled and run everyday???

Thanks for any help in advance.

[roots]

It does not need to be compiled everyday but it needs to be run every day. You can start the program and let it run in background thereafter.

And Welcome to the community ..

[sandeeprao.techno]

Thank you, I will try it.

[sandeeprao.techno]

Do you mean that I should (always)run the program when I start the computer.

[roots]

Yes and you can also use operating system's scheduler to execute your java program in given time.

[JAdmin]

We are not sure, if you are using this as part of a web application. If so, there is an easy way to start the timer whenever your application server starts.

It is usually a practice to start Servlets when the application server starts up. You can do this by setting the value for load-on-startup as 1.
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>

Now, add code to start your thread (Timer) in the init() method of the Servlet.


Hope this helps!