Ralph Einfeldt wrote:

> - Nobody (the spec included) prevents you from creating threads
>  You just have to follow some rules.

Yes, but it should make you think twice before indulging in something like that.
It also might prevent re-inventing the wheel.

> - Besides creating threads I prefer to use servlets/jsp's
>  that are triggered from the outside to do regular jobs.
>  (Using cron and wget to trigger the action)
>  This way you don't have to deal with threads and the job
>  runs inside the servlet environment.

Why would a cron triggered job benefit from Servlet container environment?
Servlets are mainly for HTTP client/server interaction. Cron jobs are for no
interaction.

I could imagine (and approve) a cron job firing JMS message to be caught by a
Message EJB, but a Servlet...?

Nix.


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