Replacing Websphere's WorkManager in JBoss?

Question

We\'re moving from Websphere to JBoss, but some of the code has dependencies on Websphere\'s WorkManager (com.ibm.websphere.asyncbeans.WorkManager). Has anyone dealt with th

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is currently no Java EE standard for a WorkManager equivalent; however, JSR-236 (Concurrency Utilities for Java EE) may be back as a candidate for inclusion in Java EE 7.

Until then, depending on how you are currently using the IBM async beans WorkManager and your specific use cases, you may have a few different options to consider -

• CommonJ WorkManager
• EJB 3.0 Timer Service
• EJB 3.1 Asynchronous Beans
• Servlet 3.0 Asynchronous Servlets

Answer 2

You could probably checkout the Spring Framework's WorkManager.

Check this link out for more details : Class WorkManagerTaskExecutor