Quartz Cron Expression Help

[Kerry Wilson]

I need my job to run every day at 6 AM. This expression is not working though I suspect that it is running on sundays.

<bean id="documentNotificationTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.CronTriggerBean">
<property name="jobDetail" ref="documentNotificationJob" />
<!-- run at 6 in the morning -->
<property name="cronExpression" value="0 0 6 * * ?" />
</bean>

[Christophe Verré]

The expression looks fine. How are you using this trigger ?

[Kerry Wilson]

Thanks for the reply, it did indeed run Sunday at 6 AM, here is the relevant spring configuration xml.

  // DocumentNotificationJob.java
  public class DocumentNotificationJob extends QuartzJobBean {

private ClientService clientService;
private MailService mailService;
private PartnerService partnerService;
private SettingService settingService;

protected void executeInternal( JobExecutionContext ctx ) throws JobExecutionException {

// do notifications

}
  
  
  <bean name="documentNotificationJob" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailBean">
    <property name="group" value="notifications" />
    <property name="name" value="document" />
    <property name="jobClass" value="com.domain.scheduling.DocumentNotificationJob" />
    <property name="jobDataAsMap">
      <map>
        <entry key="clientService"><ref bean="clientService" /></entry>
        <entry key="mailService"><ref bean="mailService" /></entry>
        <entry key="partnerService"><ref bean="partnerService" /></entry>
        <entry key="settingService"><ref bean="settingService" /></entry>
      </map>
    </property>
  </bean>
  
  <bean id="documentNotificationTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.CronTriggerBean">
  <property name="jobDetail" ref="documentNotificationJob" />
  <!-- run at 6 in the morning -->
  <property name="cronExpression" value="0 0 6 * * ?" />
</bean>
  
  <bean id="scheduler" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean">
    <property name="triggers">
      <list>
        <ref bean="documentNotificationTrigger" />
<!-- another job that is running -->
        <ref bean="databaseCleanupTrigger" />
      </list>
    </property>
  </bean>

Thats some verbose stuff to get a cron to run, but I love the fact that I can tie it all in one neat package for deployment.

[Christophe Verré]

Is the SchedulerFactoryBean always running in the background ?

[Kerry Wilson]

I guess so, it must setup all the scheduling when it is initialized.