How to Schedule a job in Java using Spring Boot Scheduler?
Now-a-days, most of the applications come across a requirement where scheduling a task/job becomes mandatory. In other words, almost every client expects this functionality to be implemented in the project. Hence, as a developer it becomes important to learn scheduling concept especially using Spring Boot.
For example, generating a report in a particular time interval is possible by implementing the scheduling concept. Furthermore, the places where we can use scheduling are Salary Slip generation, Insurance Payment, Monthly Bank Statements, Daily Stand up meetings in Offices, Electricity Bill, Sprint Planning etc.
What are the steps to implement Scheduling in Spring Boot ?
Step#1 : Create Spring Boot Starter Project using STS(Spring Tool Suite) : No need to add any other starter dependency.
Step#2 : At Starter class apply @EnableScheduling
Step#3 : Additionally, define a class and apply @Component over the class
Step#4 : Finally, Implement a method in above class accordingly, which executes the task and apply @Scheduled(……………)
