TimerTrigger Interface
Implements
public interface TimerTrigger
implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation
The timer trigger lets you run a function on a schedule by specifying a CRON expression for when the function should run. For more details and examples on how to specify a CRON expression, refer to the schedule() attribute of this annotation.
An example of using the timer trigger is shown below, where the keepAlive
function is set to trigger and execute every five minutes:
@FunctionName("keepAlive")
public void keepAlive(
@TimerTrigger(name = "keepAliveTrigger", schedule = "0 */5 * * * *") String timerInfo,
ExecutionContext context
) {
// timeInfo is a JSON string, you can deserialize it to an object using your favorite JSON library
context.getLogger().info("Timer is triggered: " + timerInfo);
}
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
---|---|
abstract java.lang.String |
dataType()
Defines how Functions runtime should treat the parameter value. |
abstract java.lang.String |
name()
The name of the variable that represents the timer object in function code. |
abstract java.lang.String |
schedule()
A CRON expression in the format |
Method Details
dataType
public abstract String dataType()
Defines how Functions runtime should treat the parameter value. Possible values are:
- "": get the value as a string, and try to deserialize to actual parameter type like POJO
- string: always get the value as a string
- binary: get the value as a binary data, and try to deserialize to actual parameter type byte[]
Returns:
name
public abstract String name()
The name of the variable that represents the timer object in function code.
Returns:
schedule
public abstract String schedule()
A CRON expression in the format {second} {minute} {hour} {day} {month} {day-of-week}
.
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Goal | CRON Expression |
| To trigger once every five minutes: | 0 \*/5 \* \* \* \* |
| To trigger once at the top of every hour: | 0 0 \* \* \* \* |
| To trigger once every two hours: | 0 0 \*/2 \* \* \* |
| To trigger once every hour from 9 AM to 5 PM: | 0 0 9-17 \* \* \* |
| To trigger at 9:30 AM every day: | 0 30 9 \* \* \* |
| To trigger at 9:30 AM every weekday: | 0 30 9 \* \* 1-5 |
Returns: