programming-examples/java/Servlets_Session_Swing_Util/Background tasks.java
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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Java

Background tasks
package com.ack.web.servlet;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
public class BackgroundTasks extends HttpServlet {
private Ticker ticker;
public void init() {
ticker = new Ticker();
Thread t = new Thread( ticker );
t.start();
}
public void doGet( HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res )
throws ServletException, IOException {
// this servlet processes requests and has a background
// thread running to handle the execute of ticker objects
// do not pass HttpServletRequest and HttpServletResponse to
// background threads
res.setContentType( "text/html" );
res.getWriter().println( "check your console, i'm ticking<br>" );
}
public void destroy() {
ticker.stop();
}
}
// background task
class Ticker implements Runnable {
private volatile boolean keepAlive = true;
private int count;
public synchronized void stop() {
keepAlive = false;
}
public void run() {
while( keepAlive ) {
System.out.println( "still alive [" + ( count++ ) + "]" );
try {
Thread.currentThread().sleep( 5000 );
}
catch( InterruptedException ie ) {
ie.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}