private static ProtobufMessages.Timers writeTimers( Collection<TimerJobInstance> timers, MarshallerWriteContext outCtx) { if (!timers.isEmpty()) { List<TimerJobInstance> sortedTimers = new ArrayList<TimerJobInstance>(timers); Collections.sort( sortedTimers, new Comparator<TimerJobInstance>() { public int compare(TimerJobInstance o1, TimerJobInstance o2) { return (int) (o1.getJobHandle().getId() - o2.getJobHandle().getId()); } }); ProtobufMessages.Timers.Builder _timers = ProtobufMessages.Timers.newBuilder(); for (TimerJobInstance timer : sortedTimers) { JobContext jctx = ((SelfRemovalJobContext) timer.getJobContext()).getJobContext(); if (jctx instanceof ObjectTypeNode.ExpireJobContext && !((ObjectTypeNode.ExpireJobContext) jctx) .getExpireAction() .getFactHandle() .isValid()) { continue; } TimersOutputMarshaller writer = outCtx.writersByClass.get(jctx.getClass()); Timer _timer = writer.serialize(jctx, outCtx); if (_timer != null) { _timers.addTimer(_timer); } } return _timers.build(); } return null; }