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Use

This section guides you by example through the steps you need to complete to develop and deploy a job definition, as well as to create a scheduler task for this job definition by using the Scheduler API.

Prerequisites

You are familiar with the following sections:

Process

To develop and schedule a job, you need to complete the steps outlined below:

Developing and Deploying the Job Definition

  1. Develop the source code of the JobBean class.

  2. In the ejb-j2ee-engine .xml deployment descriptor, set the correct JMS destination name and connection factory name.

  3. Create a job-definition.xml descriptor for the JobBean.

  4. In the j2ee- engine .xml deployment descriptor, set a runtime reference to the APIs of the SAP NetWeaver Scheduler for Java, as well as mark up the job application to identify it as a job.

  5. Build the project.

  6. Deploy the EAR file on the server.

Scheduling a Job Definition

From within an application deployed on AS Java:

  1. Get a JNDI reference to the scheduler.

  2. Create and schedule a scheduler task for job definition.

For the step-by-step tutorial on developing and scheduling a job, see Hello Job .