[java] How to create a Java cron job

I'm writing a standalone batch Java application to read data from YouTube. I want to set up an cron job to do certain job every hour.

I search and found ways to do a cron job for basic operations but not for a Java application.

First I would recommend you always refer docs before you start a new thing.

We have SchedulerFactory which schedules Job based on the Cron Expression given to it.

    //Create instance of factory
    SchedulerFactory schedulerFactory=new StdSchedulerFactory();

    //Get schedular
    Scheduler scheduler= schedulerFactory.getScheduler();

    //Create JobDetail object specifying which Job you want to execute
    JobDetail jobDetail=new JobDetail("myJobClass","myJob1",MyJob.class);

    //Associate Trigger to the Job
    CronTrigger trigger=new CronTrigger("cronTrigger","myJob1","0 0/1 * * * ?");

    //Pass JobDetail and trigger dependencies to schedular
    scheduler.scheduleJob(jobDetail,trigger);

    //Start schedular
    scheduler.start();

MyJob.class

public class MyJob implements Job{

      @Override
      public void execute(JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws JobExecutionException {
                 System.out.println("My Logic");
        }

    }

If you are using unix, you need to write a shellscript to run you java batch first.

After that, in unix, you run this command "crontab -e" to edit crontab script. In order to configure crontab, please refer to this article http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/15-practical-crontab-examples/

Save your crontab setting. Then wait for the time to come, program will run automatically.

You can use TimerTask for Cronjobs.

Main.java

public class Main{
   public static void main(String[] args){

     Timer t = new Timer();
     MyTask mTask = new MyTask();
     // This task is scheduled to run every 10 seconds

     t.scheduleAtFixedRate(mTask, 0, 10000);
   }

}

MyTask.java

class MyTask extends TimerTask{

   public MyTask(){
     //Some stuffs
   }

   @Override
   public void run() {
     System.out.println("Hi see you after 10 seconds");
   }

}

• Timer

• TimerTask

Alternative You can also use ScheduledExecutorService.