stax-discuss — Discussion of the Stack API for XML

[Ken W. <kw...@vm...>]

Saw a similar question out on this Help forum about how to run asynchronous jobs in STAX.
I have a situation where I want to run a unit of work without waiting on that unit of work.
STAX Jobs have everything I want, but it doesn't appear that the can be invoked in a asynchronous manner.
My test environment currently uses import to import an xml file to gain access to its function, then I call into those functions.
What I'm trying to do now, is to use STAX Jobs to call directly into that xml file, passing in the function name and function args.
It works, but the caller thread waits on the jobs. So, is it possible to run a STAX Job and not wait on that job?

If the answer is no, then I guess I have to write a STAX extension to make my own asynchronous jobs.
I started to do that, by writing a ExtAsyncJobAction and ExtAsyncJobActionFactory class where I extend
the STAXJobAction and STAXJobActionFactory classes. Do you think this is the right approach,
or should I write these extension classes from scratch, where I do not extend the STAX Job classes?

Thanks,

Ken