Maximo custom cron

If you need to create a custom cron task for IBM Maximo using Java here is some code to get you started.

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import psdi.server.SimpleCronTask;
import psdi.server.CrontaskParamInfo;
import psdi.util.MXException;
import java.rmi.RemoteException

public class MyCustomCron extends SimpleCronTask {

    // You must extend SimpleCronTask and must override
    // cronAction()

    // Your main processing goes in cronAction()

    @Override
    public void cronAction(){
        // Do stuff here

        // How to access a parameter if you are using them
        String param = super.getParamAsString("Param 1);
    }

    // If you want to use parameters you override getParameters()

    @Override
    public CronTaskParamInfo[] getParameters() throws MXException, RemoteException {
        CrontakParamInfo parameters[] = new CronTaskParamInfo[2];
        parameters[0] = new CrontaskParamInfo();
        parameters[0].setName("Param 1");
        parameters[0].setDefault("Default Value");
        parameters[1].setName("Param 2");
        parameters[1].setDefault("Default Value");

        return parameters;
    }

}