Snippet

Automating Tasks with @Scheduled

The @Scheduled annotation enables you to run methods periodically. The 'fixedRate' attribute determines the interval in milliseconds.

snippet.java

java

@Scheduled(fixedRate = 5000)
public void reportCurrentTime() {
    System.out.println("Executed every 5 seconds");
}

spring

Breakdown

@Scheduled(fixedRate = 5000)

Tells Spring to execute this method every 5000ms (5 seconds).

public void reportCurrentTime()

The method to be executed. It must have a void return type and no arguments.