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sequence

Provide a sequence number which is incremented each time the job is executed.

Property Summary

current	The current sequence number.
from	The sequence number to start from.
name	The name of this job.
watch	This can be any object which will be watched, and when it changes the sequence will be reset.

Example Summary

Example 1

Using a sequence in a file name.

Property Detail

current

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	Set automatically, but can be changed manually.

The current sequence number.

from

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No, defaults to 0.

The sequence number to start from.

name

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No.

The name of this job.

watch

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE

This can be any object which will be watched, and when it changes the sequence will be reset. This will most likely be a date.

Examples

Example 1

Using a sequence in a file name.

<oddjob id="this" xmlns:scheduling="http://rgordon.co.uk/oddjob/scheduling" xmlns:schedules="http://rgordon.co.uk/oddjob/schedules">
    <job>
        <scheduling:timer id="daily">
            <schedule>
                <schedules:daily/>
            </schedule>
            <job>
                <scheduling:timer>
                    <schedule>
                        <schedules:count count="10"/>
                    </schedule>
                    <job>
                        <sequential>
                            <jobs>
                                <sequence id="seqnum" watch="${daily.current}"/>
                                <variables id="vars">
                                    <seqnumFormatted>
                                        <format format="0000" number="${seqnum.current}"/>
                                    </seqnumFormatted>
                                </variables>
                                <copy name="Create file" to="${work.dir}/sequence${vars.seqnumFormatted}.txt">
                                    <input>
                                        <value value="This text will be in every file."/>
                                    </input>
                                </copy>
                            </jobs>
                        </sequential>
                    </job>
                </scheduling:timer>
            </job>
        </scheduling:timer>
    </job>
</oddjob>

The watch property is set to watch when the daily scheule move forward so the sequence is restarted.