21.10. Annotations for asynchronicity

The following annotations are used to declare an asynchronous method, for example:

@Asynchronous public void scheduleAlert(Alert alert, @Expiration Date date) { ... }

@Asynchronous public Timer scheduleAlerts(Alert alert, @Expiration Date date, 
@IntervalDuration long interval) { ... }

@Asynchronous

@Asynchronous

Specifies that the method call is processed asynchronously.

@Duration

@Duration

Specifies that a parameter of the asynchronous call is the duration before the call is processed (or first processed for recurring calls).

@Expiration

@Expiration

Specifies that a parameter of the asynchronous call is the datetime at which the call is processed (or first processed for recurring calls).

@IntervalDuration

@IntervalDuration

Specifies that an asynchronous method call recurs, and that the annotationed parameter is duration between recurrences.