[Backgroundrb-devel] Scheduling same worker/method at different times with different args

[Meng Kuan]

On 29 Jan 2008, at 4:15 AM, hemant wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Scott Ward <scott at shefield.com>  
> wrote:
>> I need to run the same worker's method twice per day with different
>>  arguments.  Unfortunately, only the second entry in the schedule  
>> is firing.
>>
>>  I created an experimental worker to verify this:
>>
>>  Worker:
>>  class ExperimentWorker < BackgrounDRb::MetaWorker
>>   set_worker_name :experiment_worker
>>   def create(args = nil)
>>     # this method is called, when worker is loaded for the first time
>>   end
>>
>>   def experiment(args = {})
>>     logger.info "#{Time.now} - Experiment fired at #{args 
>> [:repeat_second]}
>>  second mark."
>>   end
>>  end
>>
>>
>>  In backgroundrb.yml:
>>  :schedules:
>>   :experiment_worker:
>>     :experiment:
>>       :trigger_args: "0 * * * * * *"
>>       :data:
>>         :repeat_second: zero
>>     :experiment:
>>       :trigger_args: "30 * * * * * *"
>>       :data:
>>         :repeat_second: thirty
>>
>>
>>  In the log, I only see "Experiment fired at thirty second mark."   
>> Why isn't
>>  the first entry for experiment worker firing?  Perhaps, I have  
>> this set up
>>  wrong?
>
>
> Because it needs different method names for such a firing. As you
> might have noticed, currently you have two values with same key in
> configuration file.
>

You can try using alias_method to get a different method name:

   alias_method :experiment2, :experiment

Note: the alias_method call should come _after_ the actual  
"experiment" method definition.


Then your backgroundrb.yml becomes:

  :schedules:
   :experiment_worker:
     :experiment:
       :trigger_args: "0 * * * * * *"
       :data:
         :repeat_second: zero
     :experiment2:
       :trigger_args: "30 * * * * * *"
       :data:
         :repeat_second: thirty