Mikolaj Rydzewski wrote:

> David Kerber wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. One question about this technique: can I
>> run the directory check loop directly in the contextInitialized event
>> of the Listener, or is it mandatory to create a new thread?
>
> You can't make an infinite (almost) loop during processing an event.
> Using threads is discouraged ;-)
>
> I'd suggest you to use javax.management.timer.Timer class instead. You
> will not start another thread yourself, you will be notified at
> specified intervals to check the directory, etc. Another option is to
> use quartz to schedule directory checking events.
>
That certainly sounds like a cleaner solution than a sleep loop.

Dave



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