[Springframework-developer] Access Spring "Webcontext" from command line java app?

[Burton R. <bur...@gm...>]

Apologies if there is an easy answer to this, but I am a bit new a Spring.

I have somewhat complicated service class that is heavily integrated
into my web app (usuing struts 1.6, spring 2.5, jpa, hibernate, tomcat
6).  By integrated, I mean it is injected with several dao's, other
services, etc.  This process is currently run manually by the user
started through a web page (or servlet).  Now I would like to run this
process automatically (each night) presummably from the command line.
I am having trouble figuring out how to go about this so that I can
access the dao's already setup in the web context without running it
via a servlet.

I have looked into the remoting capabilities and this seems a bit
involved given the simplicity of what I would like to accomplish.  I
don't really need a "stand-alone" solution
(http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/remoting.html)

Is there an easier way to access the webcontext inside the web app
from a command line pojo?  Or another solution I'm not thinking of for
putting a service/utility class on a "timer" inside a web app?

Many thanks,

Burton