I am using JSF to create a web app.
I have an application scoped bean that has a infinite loop so that it periodically performs an action.
My problem is that this bean (due to the infinite loop) is blocking the whole application. I thought that the bean would run on its own thread. Isnt that the case with JSF, that each managed bean is running on own thread by default?
Should I create a thread and let the infinite loop run in that thread instead?
thank you
Does application scoped beans run on seperate thread in JSF?
No, it definitely doesn't.
Should I create a thread and let the infinite loop run in that thread instead?
No, you shouldn't. You should just create a scheduled task. Best way to that is to use a @Singleton @Schedule EJB.
@Singleton
public class SomeDailyJob {
@Schedule(hour="0", minute="0", second="0", persistent=false)
public void run() {
// Do your job here which should run daily at midnight.
}
}
That's all. No additional configuration of manually messing with threads necessary. If you want to access its state -if any- from in a JSF managed bean, just inject with @EJB the usual way.
