Using CBL timers and a connection to an external host, we’d like to setup some server-side code that regularly polls the external source for some data. That data maybe then processed on-the-fly, or stored in Data Service for processing later. Currently it seems the highest frequency timers support is daily.
We are wondering which of the following options (or any others you can suggest) is most suitable:
a) Async call to a custom event handler that forks a Java thread responsible for regularly polling the external source
b) Requesting a modification to the timer functionality to support higher frequency execution, possibly in the order of per second or millisecond. In this case, computational/networking resources would need to be given careful consideration and most likely a business reason too would be required I assume.