Quartz xml stuff

[Sam Doder]

I am using the java package quartz with this package it allows you to
schedule jobs by using an xml file. The problem is when I do
processFileAndScheduleJobs(...job xml file... )

I get this

org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException: HelloJob
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2919)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.createSAXException(Digester.java:2945)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.endElement(Digester.java:1133)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.endElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.xs.XMLSchemaValidator.endElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanEndElement(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1647)
at org.quartz.xml.JobSchedulingDataProcessor.processFile(JobSchedulingDataProcessor.java:430)
at org.quartz.xml.JobSchedulingDataProcessor.processFileAndScheduleJobs(JobSchedulingDataProcessor.java:499)
at org.quartz.xml.JobSchedulingDataProcessor.processFileAndScheduleJobs(JobSchedulingDataProcessor.java:485)

I am using quartz version 1.5
I think it has to do with the <quartz ... > tag
I have

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<quartz xmlns="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData
http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd" version="1.5">


Any help would be great!

[Paul Clapham]

I think it has to do with the <quartz ... > tag

However since one of the methods in the stack trace is "endElement", it is quote possible that a tag that starts an element isn't the culprit. However that's all you posted so there isn't much that can be said about it. Would you like to post more details?

[Sam Doder]

Here is the xml file

 
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> 
<quartz xmlns="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData 
<a href="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd"</a> 
version="1.5"> 
<job> 
<job-detail> 
<name>Regular-Job</name> 
<group>GROUP-1</group> 
<description>The job description</description> 
<job-class>HelloJob</job-class> 
<job-data-map allows-transient-data="false"> 
<entry> 
<key>burger</key> 
<value>rice-mania-burger</value> 
</entry> 
<entry> 
<key>burger2</key> 
<value>rice-mania-burger2</value> 
</entry> 
</job-data-map> 
</job-detail> 
 
<trigger> 
<cron> 
<name>my-trigger</name> 
<group>MYTRIGGER_GROUP</group> 
<job-name>Regular-Job</job-name> 
<job-group>GROUP-1</job-group> 
<cron-expression>0 * 15 * * ?</cron-expression> 
</cron> 
</trigger> 
</job> 
</quartz> 
 
 
 

I don't know much about the dtd, xsd files.
But here they are


job_scheduling_data_1_5.dtd

  
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
<!--
This is the XML DTD for Job Scheduling Data.
All xml files containing job scheduling data should include a DOCTYPE
of the following form:
 
  <!DOCTYPE quartz PUBLIC
"-//Quartz Enterprise Job Scheduler//DTD Job Scheduling Data 1.5//EN"
"http://www.quartzscheduler.org/dtd/job_scheduling_data_1_5.dtd">
 
-->
 
<!--namespace prefixes-->
<!ENTITY % quartz "quartz">
<!--namespace prefix to namespace uri mappings-->
<!ENTITY % quartz_prefix "%quartz;:">
<!--namespaces attributes for root element-->
<!ENTITY % documentElementAttributes " xmlns:%quartz; CDATA #IMPLIED">
<!--the declarations below should not be modified-->
<!--element name mappings-->
<!ENTITY % quartz "%quartz_prefix;quartz">
<!ENTITY % job-listener "%quartz_prefix;job-listener">
<!ENTITY % calendar "%quartz_prefix;calendar">
<!ENTITY % job "%quartz_prefix;job">
<!ENTITY % name "%quartz_prefix;name">
<!ENTITY % description "%quartz_prefix;description">
<!ENTITY % base-calendar "%quartz_prefix;base-calendar">
<!ENTITY % job-detail "%quartz_prefix;job-detail">
<!ENTITY % trigger "%quartz_prefix;trigger">
<!ENTITY % description "%quartz_prefix;description">
<!ENTITY % job-data-map "%quartz_prefix;job-data-map">
<!ENTITY % name "%quartz_prefix;name">
<!ENTITY % group "%quartz_prefix;group">
<!ENTITY % job-class "%quartz_prefix;job-class">
<!ENTITY % job-listener-ref "%quartz_prefix;job-listener-ref">
<!ENTITY % volatility "%quartz_prefix;volatility">
<!ENTITY % durability "%quartz_prefix;durability">
<!ENTITY % recover "%quartz_prefix;recover">
<!ENTITY % entry "%quartz_prefix;entry">
<!ENTITY % key "%quartz_prefix;key">
<!ENTITY % value "%quartz_prefix;value">
<!ENTITY % simple "%quartz_prefix;simple">
<!ENTITY % cron "%quartz_prefix;cron">
<!ENTITY % description "%quartz_prefix;description">
<!ENTITY % misfire-instruction "%quartz_prefix;misfire-instruction">
<!ENTITY % calendar-name "%quartz_prefix;calendar-name">
<!ENTITY % repeat-count "%quartz_prefix;repeat-count">
<!ENTITY % job-name "%quartz_prefix;job-name">
<!ENTITY % job-group "%quartz_prefix;job-group">
<!ENTITY % start-time "%quartz_prefix;start-time">
<!ENTITY % end-time "%quartz_prefix;end-time">
<!ENTITY % repeat-interval "%quartz_prefix;repeat-interval">
<!ENTITY % cron-expression "%quartz_prefix;cron-expression">
<!ENTITY % time-zone "%quartz_prefix;time-zone">
<!--element and attribute declarations-->
<!--Root level node-->
<!ELEMENT %quartz; ((%job-listener;)*, (%calendar;)*, (%job;)*)>
<!ATTLIST %quartz;
version CDATA #IMPLIED
overwrite-existing-jobs NMTOKEN "true"
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!ELEMENT %job-listener; EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST %job-listener;
class-name CDATA #REQUIRED
name CDATA "required"
>
<!ELEMENT %calendar; (%name;, (%description;)?, (%base-calendar;)?)>
<!ATTLIST %calendar;
class-name CDATA #REQUIRED
replace NMTOKEN "false"
>
<!ELEMENT %job; (%job-detail;, (%trigger;)*)>
<!ELEMENT %name; (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT %description; (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT %base-calendar; (%name;, (%description;)?, (%base-calendar;)?)>
<!ATTLIST %base-calendar;
class-name CDATA #REQUIRED
replace NMTOKEN "false"
>
<!ELEMENT %job-detail; (%name;, %group;, (%description;)?, %job-class;, (%job-listener-ref;)?,
(%volatility;, %durability;, %recover;)?, (%job-data-map;)?)>
<!ELEMENT %trigger; (%simple; | %cron;)>
<!ELEMENT %job-data-map; (%entry;)*>
<!ATTLIST %job-data-map;
allows-transient-data NMTOKEN "false"
>
<!--Name of the JobDetail or Trigger-->
<!ATTLIST %name;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Group in which the JobDetail or Trigger resides-->
<!ELEMENT %group; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %group;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Fully qualified name of the Job class-->
<!ELEMENT %job-class; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %job-class;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--logical name of the Job Listener-->
<!ELEMENT %job-listener-ref; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %job-listener-ref;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Whether the Job is volatile-->
<!ELEMENT %volatility; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %volatility;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Whether the Job is durable-->
<!ELEMENT %durability; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %durability;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Whether the Job is recoverable-->
<!ELEMENT %recover; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %recover;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!ELEMENT %entry; (%key;, %value;)>
<!--Define a JobDataMap key-->
<!ELEMENT %key; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %key;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Define a JobDataMap value-->
<!ELEMENT %value; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %value;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!ELEMENT %simple; ((%name;, %group;, (%description;)?, (%misfire-instruction;)?, (%calendar-name;)?),
((%job-name;, %job-group;)?, (%start-time;, (%end-time;)?)?, (%repeat-count;, %repeat-interval;)?))>
<!ELEMENT %cron; ((%name;, %group;, (%description;)?, (%misfire-instruction;)?, (%calendar-name;)?),
((%job-name;, %job-group;), ((%start-time;, %end-time;)?, %cron-expression;, (%time-zone;)?)?)?)>
<!ELEMENT %misfire-instruction; (#PCDATA)>
<!--Define a Trigger Calendar name-->
<!ELEMENT %calendar-name; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %calendar-name;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!ELEMENT %repeat-count; (#PCDATA)>
<!--Name of the Job-->
<!ELEMENT %job-name; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %job-name;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Group in which the Job resides-->
<!ELEMENT %job-group; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %job-group;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Start time of the job-->
<!ELEMENT %start-time; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %start-time;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--End time of the job-->
<!ELEMENT %end-time; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %end-time;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!--Time interval (in milliseconds) at which the Trigger should repeat-->
<!ELEMENT %repeat-interval; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %repeat-interval;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
<!ELEMENT %cron-expression; (#PCDATA)>
<!--Valid java.util.Timezone ID-->
<!ELEMENT %time-zone; (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST %time-zone;
%documentElementAttributes; 
>
 
 
  

job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:quartz="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
targetNamespace="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData"
elementFormDefault="qualified" version="1.5">
<annotation>
<documentation>
      
      Copyright (c) 2004-2005 by OpenSymphony
      All rights reserved.
 
      Previously Copyright (c) 2001-2004 James House
  
      And Previously Copyright Third Eye Consulting, Inc. (c) 2004
      
    </documentation>
</annotation>
<annotation>
<documentation><![CDATA[
        This is the XML Schema for Job Scheduling Data.
        All xml files containing job scheduling data must indicate the
        Quartz schema by using the Quartz namespace:
        
        <a href="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/JobSchedulingData</a>
  
        and indicate the version of the schema by
        using the version element as shown below:
 
            <quartz xmlns="http://www.quartzscheduler.org/ns/quartz"
                    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.quartzscheduler.org/ns/quartz
                      <a href="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd"" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd"</a>
                    version="1.5">
              ...
            </quartz>
 
        The instance documents may indicate the published version of
        the schema using the xsi:schemaLocation attribute for the Quartz
        namespace with the following location:
 
        <a href="http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/xml/job_scheduling_data_1_5.xsd</a>
      ]]></documentation>
</annotation>
<element name="quartz">
<annotation>
<documentation>Root level node</documentation>
</annotation>
<complexType>
<sequence>
<element name="job-listener" type="quartz:job-listenerType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="calendar" type="quartz:calendarType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<element name="job" type="quartz:jobType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</sequence>
<attribute name="version" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Version of the XML Schema instance</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
<attribute name="overwrite-existing-jobs" type="xsd:boolean" default="true">
<annotation>
<documentation>Whether the existing jobs will be overwritten.</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
</complexType>
</element>
<complexType name="job-listenerType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Job Listener</documentation>
</annotation>
<attribute name="class-name" type="xsd:string" use="required">
<annotation>
<documentation>Job Listener class name</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
<attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" default="required">
<annotation>
<documentation>logical name for listener</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
</complexType>
<complexType name="calendarType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Calendar</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence>
<element name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
<element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="base-calendar" type="quartz:calendarType" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
<attribute name="class-name" type="xsd:string" use="required">
<annotation>
<documentation>Calendar class name</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
<attribute name="replace" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
<annotation>
<documentation>Flag to replace existing calendar</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
</complexType>
<complexType name="jobType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Job</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence>
<element name="job-detail" type="quartz:job-detailType"/>
<element name="trigger" type="quartz:triggerType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<complexType name="job-detailType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a JobDetail</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence>
<element ref="quartz:name"/>
<element ref="quartz:group"/>
<element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<element ref="quartz:job-class"/>
<element ref="quartz:job-listener-ref" minOccurs="0"/>
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<element ref="quartz:volatility"/>
<element ref="quartz:durability"/>
<element ref="quartz:recover"/>
</sequence>
<element name="job-data-map" type="quartz:job-data-mapType" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<element name="name" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Name of the JobDetail or Trigger</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="group" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Group in which the JobDetail or Trigger resides</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="job-class" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Fully qualified name of the Job class</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="job-listener-ref" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>logical name of the Job Listener</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="volatility" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
<annotation>
<documentation>Whether the Job is volatile</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="durability" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
<annotation>
<documentation>Whether the Job is durable</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="recover" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
<annotation>
<documentation>Whether the Job is recoverable</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<complexType name="job-data-mapType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a JobDataMap</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<element name="entry" type="quartz:entryType"/>
</sequence>
<attribute name="allows-transient-data" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
<annotation>
<documentation>Whether the JobDataMap allows transient data.</documentation>
</annotation>
</attribute>
</complexType>
<complexType name="entryType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a JobDataMap entry</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence>
<element ref="quartz:key"/>
<element ref="quartz:value"/>
</sequence>
</complexType>
<element name="key" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a JobDataMap key</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="value" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a JobDataMap value</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<complexType name="triggerType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Trigger</documentation>
</annotation>
<choice>
<element name="simple" type="quartz:simpleType"/>
<element name="cron" type="quartz:cronType"/>
</choice>
</complexType>
<complexType name="abstractTriggerType" abstract="true">
<annotation>
<documentation>Common Trigger definitions</documentation>
</annotation>
<sequence>
<element ref="quartz:name"/>
<element ref="quartz:group"/>
<element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<element name="misfire-instruction" type="quartz:misfire-instructionType" minOccurs="0"/>
<element ref="quartz:calendar-name" minOccurs="0"/>
<element ref="quartz:volatility" minOccurs="0"/>
  </sequence>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="misfire-instructionType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Trigger Misfire Instruction</documentation>
</annotation>
<restriction base="xsd:string">
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_SMART_POLICY"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_RESCHEDULE_NEXT_WITH_EXISTING_COUNT"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_RESCHEDULE_NEXT_WITH_REMAINING_COUNT"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_RESCHEDULE_NOW_WITH_EXISTING_REPEAT_COUNT"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_RESCHEDULE_NOW_WITH_REMAINING_REPEAT_COUNT"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_DO_NOTHING"/>
<pattern value="MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_FIRE_ONCE_NOW"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<element name="calendar-name" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a Trigger Calendar name</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<complexType name="simpleType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a SimpleTrigger</documentation>
</annotation>
<complexContent>
<extension base="quartz:abstractTriggerType">
<sequence>
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<element ref="quartz:job-name"/>
<element ref="quartz:job-group"/>
</sequence>
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<element ref="quartz:start-time"/>
<element ref="quartz:end-time" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<element name="repeat-count" type="quartz:repeat-countType"/>
<element ref="quartz:repeat-interval"/>
</sequence>
</sequence>
</extension>
</complexContent>
</complexType>
<element name="job-name" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Name of the Job</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="job-group" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Group in which the Job resides</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
   <element name="start-time" type="xsd:dateTime">
<annotation>
<documentation>Start time of the job</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<element name="end-time" type="xsd:dateTime">
<annotation>
<documentation>End time of the job</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<simpleType name="repeat-countType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Number of times to repeat the Trigger (-1 for indefinite)</documentation>
</annotation>
<restriction base="xsd:integer">
<minInclusive value="-1"/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<element name="repeat-interval" type="xsd:nonNegativeInteger">
<annotation>
<documentation>Time interval (in milliseconds) at which the Trigger should repeat</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
<complexType name="cronType">
<annotation>
<documentation>Define a CronTrigger</documentation>
</annotation>
<complexContent>
<extension base="quartz:abstractTriggerType">
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<sequence>
<element ref="quartz:job-name"/>
<element ref="quartz:job-group"/>
</sequence>
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<sequence minOccurs="0">
<element ref="quartz:start-time"/>
<element ref="quartz:end-time"/>
</sequence>
<element name="cron-expression" type="quartz:cron-expressionType"/>
<element ref="quartz:time-zone" minOccurs="0"/>
</sequence>
</sequence>
</extension>
</complexContent>
</complexType>
<simpleType name="cron-expressionType">
<annotation>
<documentation>
        Cron expression (see JavaDoc for examples)
 
        Special thanks to Chris Thatcher ([e-mail]) for the regular expression!
        
                  Regular expressions are not my strong point but I believe this is complete,
                  with the caveat that order for expressions like 3-0 is not legal but will pass, 
                  and month and day names must be capitalized.
                  If you want to examine the correctness look for the [\s] to denote the
                  seperation of individual regular expressions. This is how I break them up visually 
                  to examine them:
                  
                SECONDS:
                (   
                      ((([0-9] | [0-5][0-9]),)*([0-9]|[0-5][0-9]))
                    | (([0-9]|[0-5][0-9])(/|-)([0-9]|[0-5][0-9]))
                    | ([\?])
                    | ([\*])
                ) [\s]
                MINUTES:
                (   
                      ((([0-9] | [0-5][0-9]),)*([0-9]|[0-5][0-9]))
                    | (([0-9]|[0-5][0-9])(/|-)([0-9]|[0-5][0-9]))
                    | ([\?])
                    | ([\*])
                ) [\s]
                HOURS:
                (
                    ((([0-9]|[0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3]),)*([0-9]|[0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3]))
                  | (([0-9]|[0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3])(/|-)([0-9]|[0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3])) 
                  | ([\?])
                  | ([\*]) 
                ) [\s]
                DAY OF MONTH:
                (
                    ((([1-9]|[0][1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|[3][0-1]),)*([1-9]|[0][1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|[3][0-1])(C)?)
                  | (([1-9]|[0][1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|[3][0-1])(/|-)([1-9]|[0][1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|[3][0-1])(C)?)
                  | (L)
                  | ([\?])
                  | ([\*])
                )[\s]
                MONTH:
                (  
                    ((([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2]),)*([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2]))
                  | (([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2])(/|-)([1-9]|0[1-9]|1[0-2]))
                  | (((JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC),)*(JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC))
                  | ((JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC)(-|/)(JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC))
                  | ([\?])
                  | ([\*])
                )[\s]
                DAY OF WEEK:
                ( 
                    (([1-7],)*([1-7]))
                  | ([1-7](/|-)([1-7]))
                  | (((MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT|SUN),)*(MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT|SUN)(C)?)
                  | ((MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT|SUN)(-|/)(MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT|SUN)(C)?)
                  | (([1-7]|(MON|TUE|WED|THU|FRI|SAT|SUN))?(L)?)
                  | ([1-7]#([1-7])?)
                  | ([\?])
                  | ([\*])
                )
                YEAR (OPTIONAL):
                ([\s]19[7-9][0-9]|20[0-9]{2})?         
      </documentation>
</annotation>
<restriction base="xsd:string">
<pattern value="... a very long regex ..."/>
</restriction>
</simpleType>
<element name="time-zone" type="xsd:string">
<annotation>
<documentation>Valid java.util.Timezone ID</documentation>
</annotation>
</element>
</schema>
 
 

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[ June 20, 2008: Message edited by: Paul Clapham ]

[Paul Clapham]

The stack trace referred to "HelloJob". So it looks like this is the place where parsing stopped:

<job-class>HelloJob</job-class>

I googled for the name of the exception (org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConversionException) and the first link that came back was this article about Apache Digester and BeanUtils. Looks to me like there's something missing from your code, something that can create a HelloJob object. However I don't know much about Digester.

[Paul Clapham]

Ah, I see you have come to the same conclusion and repackaged your question into a new post. That's probably a better place for people to start from, so let's close this one.