Quartz Job Scheduling Framework: Building Open Source

Description

Integrate Powerful Scheduling Capabilities into Any Java Application or Environment

If your Java applications depend on tasks that must be performed at specific times or if your systems have recurring maintenance jobs that could be automated, then you need Quartz: the first full-featured, open source job scheduling framework.

Quartz Job Scheduling Framework reveals how to make the most of Quartz with virtually any Java EE or Java SE application, from the smallest standalone program to the largest e-commerce application. Best-selling author Chuck Cavaness shows developers and architects how to integrate Quartz with leading open source Java frameworks, including Hibernate and Struts.

Using practical examples, Cavaness illuminates everything from basic job scheduling to the use of Quartz in clustered environments and enterprise workflow applications. To jumpstart your own Quartz projects, he also presents a full chapter of cookbook sample code. Coverage includes

* Understanding the value of scheduling in the enterprise environment

* Installing and configuring the Quartz framework

* Scheduling jobs, and triggering them on simple or complex schedules

* Using JobStores to persist schedule information between JVM restarts

* Using Listeners to receive callbacks from Quartz when key events occur

* Extending Quartz with Plugins

* Accessing Quartz through a Web-based graphical interface

* Clustering Quartz applications, both horizontally and vertically

* Using RMI to schedule Quartz remotely

* Leveraging Quartz to automate maintenance and workflow

CONTENTS:

Foreword xxi

Preface xxiii

Chapter 1: Scheduling in the Enterprise 1

Chapter 2: Getting Started with Quartz 9

Chapter 3: Hello, Quartz 17

Chapter 4: Scheduling Jobs 45

Chapter 5: Cron Triggers and More 89

Chapter 6: JobStores and Persistence 105

Chapter 7: Implementing Quartz Listeners 133

Chapter 8: Using Quartz Plug-Ins 161

Chapter 9: Using Quartz Remotely 183

Chapter 10: Using Quartz with J2EE 199

Chapter 11: Clustering Quartz 215

Chapter 12: Quartz Cookbook 229

Chapter 13: Quartz and Web Applications 245

Chapter 14: Using Quartz with Workflow 267

Appendix A: Quartz Configuration Reference 293

Index 311