Oddjob Reference

• Jobs
  • ant - Run a series of Ant tasks.
  • check - Checks a value for certain criteria.
  • class - Create an Object of the given class.
  • copy - A Copy job.
  • delete - Delete a file or directory, or files and directories.
  • depends - A job which depends on another job.
  • echo - Echo text to the console.
  • exec - Execute an external program.
  • exists - Test if a file exists.
  • explorer - Runs Oddjob Explorer.
  • folder - Holds a collection of jobs but does not execute them.
  • foreach - A job which executes its child jobs for each of the provided values.
  • is - Create an Object that is the class of the property.
  • mkdir - Make a directory, including any necessary but nonexistent parent directories.
  • oddjob - The starting point for a hierarchy of jobs.
  • parallel - A job which executes it's child jobs in parallel.
  • properties - Creates java properties that can be accessed within Oddjob as text or passed into other components that require java Properties.
  • rename - Rename a file or directory.
  • repeat - This job will repeatedly run it's child job.
  • reset - A job which resets another job.
  • rmireg - A job which creates an RMI registry.
  • run - A job which runs another job.
  • sequence - Provide a sequence number which is incremented each time the job is executed.
  • sequential - Executes it's children in a sequence.
  • set - A job which sets properties in other jobs when it executes.
  • sql - Runs a SQL query.
  • stop - A job which stops another job.
  • variables - This job provides a 'variables' like declaration within Oddjob.
  • wait - This Job will either wait a given number of milliseconds or will wait for a property or job to become available.
  • bsf:script - Execute a script.
  • hsql:hsqldb - Start an instance of the HSQL Database engine.
  • jmx:client - Connect to an Oddjob jmx:server.
  • jmx:server - A job which allows client a local job hierarchy to be monitored and managed remotely via JMX.
  • scheduling:retry - This is a timer that runs it's job according to the schedule until the schedule expires or the job completes successfully.
  • scheduling:timer - Provides a simple timer for periodic or once only execution of the child job.
  • scheduling:trigger - A trigger runs when the job being triggered on enters the state specified.
  • spring:beans - An Oddjob job that will load a Spring application.
  • state:and - A job who's return state is a logical AND of the child states.
  • state:equals - Runs it's child job and then compares the state of the child job to the given state.
  • state:flag - When run it's state becomes the given state.
  • state:if - This job implements an if/then/else logic.
  • state:mirror - When run this job mirrors the state of the given job.
  • state:or - A job who's return state is a logical OR of the child states.
  • state:resets - Captures Reset actions propagating down a job tree and either hardens soft resets to hard resets or softens hard resets to soft resets before passing them on to the child job.
• Types
  • buffer - A buffer can be used to accumulate output from one or more jobs which can then be used as input to another job.
  • class - Create an Object of the given class.
  • connection - Definition for a Database connection.
  • contextClassLoader - Returns the ContextClassLoader of the thread at the time of configuration.
  • date - Wraps a date type.
  • file - Specify a file.
  • filePersister - Persist and load jobs from and to a file.
  • files - Specify files using a wildcard pattern.
  • format - A type which can either format a number or a date into the given text format.
  • import - Import XML which is processed as if it's in-line.
  • is - Create an Object that is the class of the property.
  • list - A list provides a way of setting properties that are either java.util.List types or arrays.
  • now - The date now.
  • properties - A type that allows Properties to be defined.
  • property - Define a property.
  • resource - Specify a resource on the classpath.
  • sqlPersister - Persists job state to a database.
  • urlClassLoader - A simple wrapper for URLClassloader.
  • value - A simple value, the most common type.
  • xml - A type that converts it's XML contents into a String.
  • arooa:bean-def - Provide an element to class name mapping for a java bean.
  • arooa:bean-defs - Provide a set of element to class name mappings.
  • arooa:descriptor - A definition of an Arooa descriptor.
  • arooa:descriptors - A collection of descriptors.
  • arooa:property - Provide a definition for a property within a arooa:bean-def.
  • hsql:connection - Definition for a Database connection.
  • jmx:client-credentials - Provide a JMX simple security credentials environment for a jmx:client.
  • jmx:server-security - Provide a JMX simple security environment for a jmx:server.
  • schedules:after - Schedule at a point in time immediately after the nested schedule.
  • schedules:broken - This schedule allows a normal schedule to be broken by the results of another schedule.
  • schedules:count - This schedule returns up to count number of child schedules.
  • schedules:date - Provide a schedule for a specific date or define an interval between two dates.
  • schedules:dayafter - A schedule that returns the day after when a nested schedule is due.
  • schedules:dayofmonth - Implement a schedule based on days of the month.
  • schedules:dayofweek - A schedule for the days of the week.
  • schedules:dayofyear - A schedule for the days of the year.
  • schedules:interval - This schedule returns an interval from the given time to the interval time later.
  • schedules:last - This schedule will return it's last due nested schedule within the given parent interval.
  • schedules:list - Provide a schedule based on a list of schedules.
  • schedules:month - A schedule for a range of months, or a month.
  • schedules:now - Schedule something now.
  • schedules:occurrence - This schedule counts the occurence's of it's nested schedule and returns the required occurrence.
  • schedules:time - A schedule for the times of the day.