execute jsp files automatically

[Santosh Kumar]

hi

i wanted to execute jsp program automatically everyday at a particular time.
i mean how to run a jsp program in scheduler.
is that possible


waiting for your reply

regards
santosh

[David Ulicny]

JSP/servlet works at request/response principle, so you must generate at the given time the request.

[Santosh Kumar]

hi david

thanks for the info
i am begginer to the jsp/servlets
so can you be a bit specific about how can i go about it
help me out in solving th problem


waiting for your reply


regards
santosh

[Ben Souther]

I think David's point is that JSPs are not made to do that.
They are designed to wait for a request from a client (browser) and then respond to that request.

There are libraries out there (Quartz comes to mind) for cron like features from within your java application but you would want to put that functionality into plain old Java objects (POJOs) not JSPs.