What Is Workflow?
The Web is full of definitions and examples of what one person or group thinks workflow is. Some define workflow as "the automation of the back office." Others use the phrase, "business processing modeling," and charge a lot of money for consulting fees explaining it to you. For the purposes of this chapter, we use the following definition of workflow:
A workflow is a set of interdependent tasks that occur in a specific sequence.
As we get further into the chapter, this definition will become clearer.
What Does Workflow Have to Do with Quartz?
If you're asking, "What does workflow have to work Quartz?" the answer is, "Quite a bit." Even for simple tasks such as performing automated builds or just sending e-mails, workflow has a place. Quartz supports some basic approaches to chaining jobs together. This chapter discusses those and shows how to integrate Quartz with a popular open source workflow solution.
Job Chaining in Quartz |
Scheduling in the Enterprise
- What Is Job Scheduling?
- Why job Scheduling Is Important
- Uses for Job Schedulers in the Enterprise
- Uses for Job Schedulers in NonEnterprise
- Job scheduling Versus Workflow
- What about Alternative Solutions?
Getting Started with Quartz
- Getting Started with Quartz
- History of the Quartz Framework
- Downloading and Installing Quartz
- Building Quartz from Source
- Getting Help from the Quartz Community
- Whos Using Quartz?
Hello, Quartz
- Hello, Quartz
- The Hello, World Quartz Project
- Scheduling the Quartz ScanDirectoryJob
- Scheduling a Quartz Job Declaratively
- Packaging the Quartz Application
Scheduling Jobs
- Scheduling Jobs
- The Quartz Scheduler
- The Quartz SchedulerFactory
- Managing the Scheduler
- Managing Jobs
- Volatility, Durability, and Recoverability
- Quick Java Thread Overview
- Thread Usage in Quartz
- Understanding Quartz Triggers
Cron Triggers and More
- Cron Triggers and More
- Quick Lesson in Cron
- Using the Quartz CronTrigger
- The Cron Expression Format
- Using Start and End Dates with CronTrigger
- Using TriggerUtils with the CronTrigger
- Using CronTriggers in the JobInitializationPlugin
- Cron Expressions Cookbook
- Creating a Fire-Now Trigger
JobStores and Persistence
- JobStores and Persistence
- Job Storage
- Job Storage in Quartz
- Using Memory to Store Scheduler Information
- Using Persistent JobStores
- Using the Database for Job Storage
- Creating the Quartz Database Structure
- Using JobStoreTX
- Configuring a DataSource for JobStoreTX
- Running Quartz with JobStoreTX
- Using Memory to Store Scheduler Information
- Using the JobStoreCMT
- Configuring Datasources for JobStoreCMT
- Improving Performance with Persistent JobStores
- Creating New JobStores
Implementing Quartz Listeners
- Implementing Quartz Listeners
- Listeners as Extension Points
- Implementing a Listener
- Listening for Job Events
- Listening for Trigger Events
- Listening for Scheduler Events
- Using the FileScanListener
- Implementing Listeners in the quartz_jobs.xml File
- Thread Use in Listeners
- Uses of the Quartz Listeners
Using Quartz Plug-Ins
- Using Quartz Plug-Ins
- What Is a Plug-In?
- Creating a Quartz Plug-In
- Registering Your Plug-Ins
- Using Multiple Plug-Ins
- Quartz Utility Plug-Ins
Using Quartz Remotely
- Using Quartz Remotely
- Why RMI with Quartz?
- Brief Overview of Java RMI
- Requirements of RMI
- Creating a Quartz RMI Server
- Using the RMI Registry
- Creating the RMI Client
- Testing the RMI Server and Client
Using Quartz with J2EE
- Using Quartz with J2EE
- If I Have J2EE, Why Do I Need Quartz?
- Using the J2EE Containers DataSource
- Using Other J2EE Resources
- The EJB 2.1 Specification: Finally Some Light
Clustering Quartz
- Clustering Quartz
- What Does Clustering Mean to Quartz?
- How Clustering Works in Quartz
- Configuring Quartz to Use Clustering
- Running the Quartz Cluster Nodes
- Quartz Clustering Cookbook
Quartz Cookbook
Quartz and Web Applications
- Quartz and Web Applications
- Using Quartz Within a Web Application
- Integrating Quartz
- Using Quartz with the Struts Framework
- The QuartzInitializerServlet to the Rescue
- Using a ServletContextListener
- Introducing the Quartz Web Application
Using Quartz with Workflow
- Using Quartz with Workflow
- What Is Workflow?
- Job Chaining in Quartz
- Quick Introduction to OSWorkflow
- Integration of Quartz with OSWorkflow
- Creating a Workflow Job
- Conclusion
Appendix A. Quartz Configuration Reference
- Appendix A. Quartz Configuration Reference
- The Main Quartz Properties
- Configuring the Quartz ThreadPool
- Configuring Quartz Listeners
- Configuring a TriggerListener
- Configuring Quartz Plug-Ins
- Configuring Quartz RMI Settings
- Configuring JobStore Settings
- Configuring the JobStoreTX JobStore
- Configuring JobStoreCMT
- Configuring Quartz Datasources
- Configuring a Datasource Using a Custom ConnectionProvider
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