Create TimerServer in Stateless Session package com.xxx.test; import javax.ejb.Local; @Local public interface TimerTestBeanLocal { public void startTimer(long initialDurationMillis,long intervalDurationMillis); public void stopTimer(); public boolean timerStarted(); } package com.xxx.test; import javax.ejb.Remote; @Remote public interface TimerTestBeanRemote { public void startTimer(long initialDurationMillis,long intervalDurationMillis); public void stopTimer(); public boolean timerStarted(); } package com.xxx.test; import java.util.Collection; import javax.annotation.Resource; import javax.ejb.EJBException; import javax.ejb.Stateless; import javax.ejb.Timeout; import javax.ejb.Timer; import javax.ejb.TimerService; import org.apache.log4j.Logger; @Stateless public class TimerTestBean implements TimerTestBeanRemote, TimerTestBeanLocal { private final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(this.getClass()); @Resource private TimerService timerService; @Override public void startTimer( long initialDurationMillis,long intervalDurationMillis) { cancelTimers(); createTimers(initialDurationMillis,intervalDurationMillis); } @Override public void stopTimer() { cancelTimers(); } @Override public boolean timerStarted() { logger.debug("Checking if Test timer is started"); Collection<Timer> timers = timerService.getTimers(); return (timers.size() > 0); } private void createTimers(long initialDurationMillis,long intervalDurationMillis) { logger.info("TestTimerBean: Timer started: First expire after " + initialDurationMillis + " milliseconds."); logger.info("TestTimerBean: Timer started: Repeat after " + intervalDurationMillis + " milliseconds."); timerService.createTimer(initialDurationMillis, intervalDurationMillis, "Test Timer"); } private void cancelTimers() { logger.info(" [A2] Canceling all existing timers: "); Collection<Timer> timers = timerService.getTimers(); for (Timer timer : timers) { logger.info(" [A2] \tCanceling timer: " + timer.getInfo().toString()); try { // Timer still runs, it does not stop process // This worked in Jboss 6.0.0 - M3..... timer.cancel(); } catch (Exception ex) { logger.info(ex.toString()); } } } @Timeout public void handleTimeout(Timer timer) { logger.info("[A2] TestTimerBean: handleTimeout() called"); } } // groovy script Application to start/stop timer package javaapplication1 import javax.naming.* import java.util.Collection import java.util.Properties import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject import com.itt.test.TimerTestBeanRemote Properties properties = new Properties() properties.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory") properties.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces") properties.put("java.naming.provider.url", "X.X.X.X:1099") try { println("[ProducerS] get initial context :: ") InitialContext jndiContext = new InitialContext(properties) def remoteObj = jndiContext.lookup("TimerTestBean/remote") println remoteObj println remoteObj.class TimerTestBeanRemote tb = (TimerTestBeanRemote) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(remoteObj, TimerTestBeanRemote.class) tb.stopTimer() // tb.startTimer(1000,5000) } catch(Exception ex) { }