Scheduling Tasks with @Scheduled
Run background jobs on fixed intervals or cron schedules using Spring's built-in task scheduling support.
Why Scheduled Tasks?
Many applications need work to run periodically: cleaning up data, sending digests, refreshing caches. Spring provides scheduling without an external job framework.
Enabling Scheduling
Add @EnableScheduling to a configuration class to activate Spring's scheduler.
@EnableScheduling
@Configuration
public class SchedulingConfig {
}All lessons in this course
- Asynchronous Methods with @Async
- Introduction to Message Queues
- Integrating RabbitMQ/Kafka
- Scheduling Tasks with @Scheduled