<execJava> Step

This step executes a Java^TM Executor instance on the target host. If the executor instance raises an exception, the step fails and execution stops.

The <execJava> step has one optional child element, <argList>, which is a list of arguments to pass to the Executor instance. If you specify this element, it can only appear one time.

Attributes for the <execJava> Step

The <execJava> element has the following attributes:

• className – A required attribute that is the full name of a public class with a public no-arg constructor that implements the ExecutorFactory interface (as specified by the Plan Executor). This attribute can reference simple substitution variables.

• classPath – An optional attribute that is the class path that contains the class named by the className attribute. If this attribute is omitted, the system class path of the remote agent is used. The class path format is a semicolon-separated list of absolute paths to Java Archive (JAR) files on the agent. This attribute can reference simple substitution variables.

• timeout – An optional attribute of type positiveInteger, which specifies the number of seconds to wait for the command to complete before timing out. If this attribute is omitted, the plan's <execNative> timeout period applies. The value should be greater than 0.

When an <execJava> step is contained within a component, the step typically calls classes that are contained within one or more resources that are deployed by that component. When the step is contained within a plan, the classes called are already resident on the agent, either as a system class of the agent itself or as a resource that was deployed with an existing component.