javax.ejb
Class ScheduleExpression

java.lang.Object
  javax.ejb.ScheduleExpression

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ScheduleExpression
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A calendar-based timeout expression for an enterprise bean timer.

Each attribute used to define a calendar-based timeout schedule has two overloaded setter methods, one that takes a String and one that takes an int. The int version is merely a convenience method for setting the attribute in the common case that the value is a simple integer value.

For example,

scheduleExpression.second(10)

is semantically equivalent to

scheduleExpression.second("10")

There are seven attributes that constitute a schedule specification which are listed below. In addition, the timezone attribute may be used to specify a non-default time zone in whose context the schedule specification is to be evaluated.

The attributes that specify the calendar-based schedule itself are as follows:

• second : one or more seconds within a minute

  Allowable values: [0,59]

• minute : one or more minutes within an hour

  Allowable values : [0,59]

• hour : one or more hours within a day

  Allowable values : [0,23]

• dayOfMonth : one or more days within a month

  Allowable values:

  • [1,31]
  • [-7, -1]
  • "Last"
  • {"1st", "2nd", "3rd", "4th", "5th", "Last"} {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"}

  "Last" means the last day of the month

  -x (where x is in the range [-7, -1]) means x day(s) before the last day of the month

  "1st","2nd", etc. applied to a day of the week identifies a single occurrence of that day within the month.

• month : one or more months within a year

  Allowable values :

  • [1,12]
  • {"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", Dec"}

• dayOfWeek : one or more days within a week

  Allowable values :

  • [0,7]
  • {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"}

  "0" and "7" both refer to Sunday

• year : a particular calendar year

  Allowable values : a four-digit calendar year

Each attribute supports values expressed in one of the following forms

• Single Value. This constrains the attribute to only one of its possible values.

   
   Example: second = "10"
   Example: month = "Sep"

• Wild Card. "*" represents all allowable values for a given attribute.

   Example: second = "*"
   Example: dayOfWeek = "*"

• List. This constrains the attribute to two or more allowable values or ranges, with a comma used as a separator character within the string. Each item in the list must be a single value or range. List items cannot be lists, wild cards, or increments. Duplicate values are ignored.

   Example: second = "10,20,30"
   Example: dayOfWeek = "Mon,Wed,Fri"
   Example: minute = "0-10,30,40"

• Range. This constrains the attribute to an inclusive range of values, with a dash separating both ends of the range. Each side of the range must be a single attribute value. Members of a range cannot be lists, wild cards, ranges, or increments. If x is larger than y in a range "x-y", the range is equivalent to "x-max, min-y", where max is the largest value of the corresponding attribute and min is the smallest. The range "x-x", where both range values are the same, evaluates to the single value x. The day of the week range "0-7" is equivalent to "*".

   Example: second = "1-10"
   Example: dayOfWeek = "Fri-Mon"
   Example: dayOfMonth = "27-3" (Equivalent to "27-Last , 1-3")

• Increments. The forward slash constrains an attribute based on a starting point and an interval, and is used to specify every N seconds, minutes, or hours within the minute, hour, or day, respectively. For the expression x/y, the attribute is constrained to every yth value within the set of allowable values beginning at time x. The x value is inclusive. The wild card character (*) can be used in the x position, and is equivalent to 0. The use of increments is only supported within the second, minute, and hour attributes. For the second and minute attributes, x and y must each be in the range [0,59]. For the hour attribute, x and y must each be in the range [0,23].

   Example: minute = "∗/5" (Every five minutes within the hour)

  This is equivalent to: minute = "0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55"

   Example: second = "30/10" (Every 10 seconds within the minute, starting at second 30) 

  This is equivalent to: second = "30,40,50"

  Note that the set of matching increment values stops once the maximum value for that attribute is exceeded. It does not "roll over" past the boundary.

   Example : ( minute = "∗/14", hour="1,2")

  This is equivalent to: (minute = "0,14,28,42,56", hour = "1,2") (Every 14 minutes within the hour, for the hours of 1 and 2 a.m.)

The following additional rules apply to the schedule specification attributes:

• If the dayOfMonth attribute has a non-wildcard value and the dayOfWeek attribute has a non-wildcard value, then any day matching either the dayOfMonth value or the dayOfWeek value will be considered to apply.
• Whitespace is ignored, except for string constants and numeric values.
• All string constants (e.g., "Sun", "Jan", "1st", etc.) are case insensitive.

Schedule-based timer times are evaluated in the context of the default time zone associated with the container in which the application is executing. A schedule-based timer may optionally override this default and associate itself with a specific time zone. If the schedule-based timer is associated with a specific time zone, all its times are evaluated in the context of that time zone, regardless of the default time zone in which the container is executing.

None of the ScheduleExpression methods are required to be called. The defaults are :

• second: "0"
• minute: "0"
• hour: "0"
• dayOfMonth: "*"
• month: "*"
• dayOfWeek: "*"
• year: "*"
• timezone : default JVM time zone
• start : upon timer creation
• end : no end date

Applications must not rely on the getter methods that return the attributes of a calendar-based timeout schedule to return them in the same syntactic format in which they were passed in to a ScheduleExpression method or supplied to the Schedule annotation, and portable implementations must not assume any particular syntactic format. Implementations are required only to preserve semantic equivalence.

Since:

EJB 3.1

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ScheduleExpression()
Create a schedule with the default values.

Method Summary

ScheduleExpression	dayOfMonth(int d) Set the day of the month attribute.
ScheduleExpression	dayOfMonth(java.lang.String d) Set the day of the month attribute.
ScheduleExpression	dayOfWeek(int d) Set the day of the week attribute.
ScheduleExpression	dayOfWeek(java.lang.String d) Set the day of the week attribute.
ScheduleExpression	end(java.util.Date e) Set the end date.
java.lang.String	getDayOfMonth() Return the value of the day of the month attribute.
java.lang.String	getDayOfWeek() Return the value of the day of the week attribute.
java.util.Date	getEnd() Return the end date, if set; otherwise null.
java.lang.String	getHour() Return the value of the hour attribute.
java.lang.String	getMinute() Return the value of the minute attribute.
java.lang.String	getMonth() Return the value of the month attribute.
java.lang.String	getSecond() Return the value of the second attribute.
java.util.Date	getStart() Return the start date, if set; otherwise null.
java.lang.String	getTimezone() Return the timezone, if set; otherwise null.
java.lang.String	getYear() Return the value of the year attribute.
ScheduleExpression	hour(int h) Set the hour attribute.
ScheduleExpression	hour(java.lang.String h) Set the hour attribute.
ScheduleExpression	minute(int m) Set the minute attribute.
ScheduleExpression	minute(java.lang.String m) Set the minute attribute.
ScheduleExpression	month(int m) Set the month attribute.
ScheduleExpression	month(java.lang.String m) Set the month attribute.
ScheduleExpression	second(int s) Set the second attribute.
ScheduleExpression	second(java.lang.String s) Set the second attribute.
ScheduleExpression	start(java.util.Date s) Set the start date.
ScheduleExpression	timezone(java.lang.String timezoneID) Set the timezone.
java.lang.String	toString()
ScheduleExpression	year(int y) Set the year attribute.
ScheduleExpression	year(java.lang.String y) Set the year attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ScheduleExpression

public ScheduleExpression()

Create a schedule with the default values.

Method Detail

second

public ScheduleExpression second(java.lang.String s)

Set the second attribute.

second

public ScheduleExpression second(int s)

Set the second attribute.

getSecond

public java.lang.String getSecond()

Return the value of the second attribute.

Returns:

second

minute

public ScheduleExpression minute(java.lang.String m)

Set the minute attribute.

minute

public ScheduleExpression minute(int m)

Set the minute attribute.

getMinute

public java.lang.String getMinute()

Return the value of the minute attribute.

Returns:

minute

hour

public ScheduleExpression hour(java.lang.String h)

Set the hour attribute.

hour

public ScheduleExpression hour(int h)

Set the hour attribute.

getHour

public java.lang.String getHour()

Return the value of the hour attribute.

Returns:

hour

dayOfMonth

public ScheduleExpression dayOfMonth(java.lang.String d)

Set the day of the month attribute.

dayOfMonth

public ScheduleExpression dayOfMonth(int d)

Set the day of the month attribute.

getDayOfMonth

public java.lang.String getDayOfMonth()

Return the value of the day of the month attribute.

Returns:

day of the month

month

public ScheduleExpression month(java.lang.String m)

Set the month attribute.

month

public ScheduleExpression month(int m)

Set the month attribute.

getMonth

public java.lang.String getMonth()

Return the value of the month attribute.

Returns:

month

dayOfWeek

public ScheduleExpression dayOfWeek(java.lang.String d)

Set the day of the week attribute.

dayOfWeek

public ScheduleExpression dayOfWeek(int d)

Set the day of the week attribute.

getDayOfWeek

public java.lang.String getDayOfWeek()

Return the value of the day of the week attribute.

Returns:

day of the week

year

public ScheduleExpression year(java.lang.String y)

Set the year attribute.

year

public ScheduleExpression year(int y)

Set the year attribute.

getYear

public java.lang.String getYear()

Return the value of the year attribute.

Returns:

year

timezone

public ScheduleExpression timezone(java.lang.String timezoneID)

Set the timezone.

getTimezone

public java.lang.String getTimezone()

Return the timezone, if set; otherwise null.

Returns:

timezone

start

public ScheduleExpression start(java.util.Date s)

Set the start date.

getStart

public java.util.Date getStart()

Return the start date, if set; otherwise null.

Returns:

start date

end

public ScheduleExpression end(java.util.Date e)

Set the end date.

getEnd

public java.util.Date getEnd()

Return the end date, if set; otherwise null.

Returns:

end date

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object