Re: [Springframework-developer] Quartz support

[Daniel P. <po...@ci...>]

We would definitely use this! +1 from me.

Daniel

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:43:14PM +0100, j?rgen h?ller [werk3AT] wrote:
> Everybody,
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> I've revived my Quartz support classes for Spring today. They emerged fro=
m a job scheduling consulting project I did in autumn 2003. We have concret=
e needs for this now at werk3AT, thus the revival: It's about quite simple =
cron-style scheduling of application jobs.
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> The basic idea is to set up a Quartz Scheduler via a SchedulerFactoryBean=
, also allowing to register scheduled jobs there via a <list> of <refs> to =
ScheduledJobDefinition beans. A ScheduledJobDefinition is just a simple com=
bination of a Quartz JobDetail and a Quartz Trigger.
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> ScheduledJobDefinition bean implementations include:
> - DefaultScheduledJobDefinition, allowing to use any implementation of Qu=
artz' Job interface with a declaratively configured job data map and cron t=
rigger
> - MethodInvokingJobDefinition, allowing to specify a method of a Spring-m=
anaged bean to execute as job (completely declarative, without the need for=
 implementing a custom Job object), with a cron trigger.
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> Both job definition beans can link in a separate Quartz Trigger instance =
instead of a cron expression; DefaultScheduledJobDefinition can also link i=
n a separate Quartz JobDetail instance instead of a job class.
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> That's all there is: A simple declarative way of using Quartz within Spri=
ng. Typically no rescheduling or the like: All schedules are set up on cont=
ext startup, defined as bean definitions. Of course, you can also fetch the=
 Scheduler instance and perform any custom scheduling, instead of using pre=
configured ScheduledJobDefinition beans.
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> The typical usage scenario are low-level jobs within an application, like=
 data synchronization or storage cleanup - all predefined jobs that are jus=
t customized by an administrator. Fits nicely into Spring's application con=
text model; most jobs will simply delegate to Spring-managed business objec=
ts.
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> I expect to have this polished by the end of the week, as we need it at w=
erk3AT quite urgently. I'd like to include this already in Spring 1.0 final=
, as it's just 6 pretty simple classes (yes, I know - feature freeze - neve=
r mind ;-). The main question is where to put it: I suggest "org.springfram=
ework.scheduling.quartz".
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> If there are no general objections, I'll commit it by the end of this wee=
k, for review within the next week - still plenty of time before 1.0 final =
;-) Looking forward to your feedback!=20
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> Juergen
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