From: David Van Couvering <David.Vancouvering_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:44:36 -0700

Hi, all. I have written a v3 module that I'd like to run on startup.
What's the recommended way to do this?

Right now I do this.

import org.glassfish.api.Startup;
import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.Service;

@Service(name="twibber")
public class Twibber implements Startup, Runnable
{
    public Lifecycle getLifecycle() {
        return Lifecycle.SERVER;
    }
   
    public Twibber() {
        new Thread(this).start();
    }
   
    public void run() {
       // ... Do the actual work here
    }
}


It works, but I am concerned it's not the intended approach. What's the
*right* way to run the service? Is it really to spawn the thread in the
constructor? And how do I catch a shutdown event?

I suspect there's something I'm missing...

Thanks,

David