--- miscJava/Test3/src/dk/thoerup/schedulesamples/TimedEjb.java	2011/04/07 20:20:04	1279
+++ miscJava/Test3/src/dk/thoerup/schedulesamples/TimedEjb.java	2011/04/07 21:17:29	1280
@@ -1,16 +1,49 @@
 package dk.thoerup.schedulesamples;
 
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.ejb.ScheduleExpression;
+import javax.ejb.SessionContext;
 import javax.ejb.Stateless;
 import javax.ejb.TimedObject;
 import javax.ejb.Timer;
+import javax.ejb.TimerService;
+
+/* GFv3: before using a timed bean make sure the ejb timer service is correctly configured with a datasource and the timer table is created
+ * cd /inst/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/lib/databases/ejbtimer 
+ * /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/db/bin/ij
+ * connect 'jdbc:derby:.';
+ * paste content from /home/torben/inst/glassfishv3/glassfish/lib/install/databases/ejbtimer_derby.sql 
+ * 
+ * */ 
 
 @Stateless
-public class TimedEjb /*implements TimedObject*/ {
+public class TimedEjb implements TimedObject {
+
+	@Resource
+	private SessionContext sessionCtx;
 
 	
+	public void startTimer() {
+		TimerService timerService = sessionCtx.getTimerService();
+		
+		Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
+		//Timer timer = timerService.createTimer( (5 * 1000), null); //singleshot timer
+		//timerService.createTimer(10*1000, 5000, null); //repeating timer
+		
+		// otherwise use schedule expression to create more complex schedules
+		// in this case fire once every minute when the seconds is == 10
+		ScheduleExpression se = new ScheduleExpression().second(10).minute("*").hour("*");
+		
+		System.out.println(se.toString());
+		timerService.createCalendarTimer( se );  
+	}
+	
+	@Override
 	public void ejbTimeout(Timer timer) {
 		System.out.print("timeout ....");
-		
 	}
 
 }