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Scheduling Tasks with Cron Expressions

Spring's @Scheduled annotation with cron expressions provides powerful control over background task execution without external tools.

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@Component
public class ReportScheduler {
    @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 12 * * MON-FRI")
    public void sendDailyReport() {
        // Logic to send report every weekday at 12:00
    }
}

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Breakdown

cron = "0 0 12 * * MON-FRI"

A cron expression defining execution: seconds, minutes, hours, day-of-month, month, day-of-week.

public void sendDailyReport()

The method that Spring will automatically invoke based on the defined schedule.

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