Very often, if not always, we need to create jobs running periodically. It can be database cleanup, mail sending, statistics calculations, … One implementation among other is to create DirectActions invoked by Cron but there is a better option: Quartz. Quartz is a famous java open source library that allows developers to create jobs easily. In this session, you will learn how it's easy to integrate Quartz in your WebObjects application and how you can use job persistance based on EOF.