Vineet Manohar's blog

Add cronjob like capability to Java web applications in 4 simple steps using Spring and Quartz. This article outlines the steps needed for scheduling, with code snippets for each step.

Spring 2.5 classpath scan does not work on JBoss5 due to internal architecture changes in JBoss5. You may face this issue when migrating from JBoss4 to JBoss5. This article walks you through a simple fix, with code snippets.

When I tried migrating my JBoss 4.2 application which uses Spring to manage transactions, to JBoss 5.1, I got the following error message.

Specification violation [EJB3 JPA 6.2.1.2] – You have not defined a jta-data-source for a JTA enabled persistence context

This is a known issue and there are two known workarounds for this problem. See article for details.