How to create an erratic timer EJB 3.1?

Question

Using NetBeans 7.1 / GlassFish 3.1, I created a new TimerSessionBean.

@Stateless public class NewTimerSessionBean implements NewTimerSessionBeanLocal { @Schedule(minute = "*", second = "0", dayOfMonth = "*", month = "*", year = "*", hour = "9-17", dayOfWeek = "Mon-Fri") @Override public void myTimer() { System.out.println("Timer event: " + new Date()); } } 

How can I declare that the timer is not constant? http://www.theserverside.com/news/1363578/EJB-31-A-Significant-Step-Towards-Maturity says that the isPersistent method exists, but it belongs to the Timer interface.

I came to this question after reading the description of potential problems with EJB timers in this article: http://www.coderanch.com/t/477104/EJB-JEE/java/Java-EE-timer-service-periodical

Answer 1

According to this article, you can achieve this by adding persistent = false to @Schedule