The javax.management.Timer class was rather more complex than I liked
for the simple stuff I needed, but while digging into it, I discovered
the java.util.Timer class, which works great and is easy to implement,
so thanks for putting me on the Timer track!

Dave


David Kerber wrote:

> 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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