Re: Reading a file in a loop over VPN...

[Franco Biaggi <fbiaggi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Burdette wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I need to write a stand alone Java app which will read a file over a VPN 
> connection. This is a transaction file which will need to be checked at 
> least every 3 seconds for new records.
>
> What I am looking for from the group is any ideas on the best practice of 
> writing this. My concern is if I write a while loop to constantly check 
> the file, that this will be a drain on resources on the host as well as 
> the VPN. Is there a timer API in Java (similar to the CL CMD DELAY) that I 
> could use to let the process sleep and wake up every 3 seconds to run the 
> I/O.
>
> Thanks in advance for and suggestions.
>
>
> Mike Burdette
>
> Comporium Data Services
> Web Development
>  
Hi,
...best... you should use a trigger program that send, for example, an 
entry to a DTAQ and your GUI is waiting of any entry on this DTAQ.

Ciao-

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