org.ow2.easybeans.api
Interface EZBTimerService

All Superinterfaces:

javax.ejb.TimerService

public interface EZBTimerService
extends javax.ejb.TimerService

Defines the EasyBeans timer service. It has some methods used to create timers for @Schedule annotated methods

Author:

Florent Benoit

Method Summary

javax.ejb.Timer

createCalendarTimer(javax.ejb.ScheduleExpression schedule, javax.ejb.TimerConfig timerConfig, IMethodInfo methodInfo) Create a calendar-based timer based on the input schedule expression.

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.TimerService

createTimer, createTimer, createTimer, createTimer, getTimers

Method Detail

createCalendarTimer

javax.ejb.Timer createCalendarTimer(javax.ejb.ScheduleExpression schedule,
                                    javax.ejb.TimerConfig timerConfig,
                                    IMethodInfo methodInfo)
                                    throws IllegalArgumentException,
                                           IllegalStateException,
                                           javax.ejb.EJBException

Create a calendar-based timer based on the input schedule expression.

Parameters:

schedule - a schedule expression describing the timeouts for this timer.

timerConfig - timer configuration.

Returns:

the newly created Timer.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If Schedule represents an invalid schedule expression.

IllegalStateException - If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that does not allow access to this method.

javax.ejb.EJBException - If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.

Since:

EJB 3.1 version.