On Jul 13, 2004, at 5:39 PM, toby cabot wrote: > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 03:33:35PM -0400, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >> Is it really "now" as in "if you don't have to wait for a thread, do >> it >> - otherwise return w/ a status indicating now wasn't possible" or "now >> as in "wait until there's a thread, do it, and then return to me"? > > three choices: > > doWork() - "block until it's done" > startWork() - "block until it starts and then return" > scheduleWork() - "return now and do the work whenever." > > http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/resource/spi/work/ > WorkManager.html Thx. needs one more : doWorkNow() :) -- Geir Magnusson Jr 203-247-1713(m) geir@4quarters.com