Quartz.Net ships with a plugin that allows you to schedule jobs using an xml configuration file. By default this configuration file is called quartz_jobs.xml. In this post I will describe how to schedule a job with a cron trigger using this xml format. Here are the contents of the XML file:
Continue ReadingI don’t usually include personal topics in this blog but I think I will give it a try going forward. This is my first post and it’s to encourage you to join me for this year’s Movember celebration.. My commitment is to grow a moustache for the month of November and by changing my appearance, raise vital awareness and funds for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.
Continue ReadingIn this series of posts we will cover the use of calendars in Quartz.Net. In this first post we’ll start off by explaining what calendars are and what they’re used for. We’ll also describe all of the calendars that are included with the Quartz.Net distribution. In following posts we’ll look at examples of how to use the different calendars and eventually we’ll build our own custom calendar.
Continue ReadingIn this post we’ll walk through the creation of a custom Quartz.Net JobFactory that uses dependency injection to pass dependencies to our jobs. We’ll be using Castle Windsor for this example, but you can use any dependency injection framework you want. We discussed the Qartz.Net IJobFactory interface in detail previously, so read that first if you haven’t yet.
Continue ReadingIn an earlier post we covered what Quartz.Net job factories are and what they’re used for. We also went over the job factories that are included in the Quartz.Net distribution. For this post we’ll cover how to configure the Quartz.Net scheduler so that it uses the job factory we want.
Continue ReadingIn my previous post we talked about the IJobFactory interface in detail. Today we will look at the 2 job factories that are included in the Quartz.Net distribution. SimpleJobFactory We will look at the SimpleJobFacotry first, since it is the base class used by the other job factory. This is a pretty simple implementation, so let’s look at the source code and talk about it in detail.
Continue ReadingThe Quartz.Net scheduler implements the factory method pattern to create the jobs that will be executed. Job factories are responsible for producing job instances. When you download the Quartz.Net distribution you get 2 different job factories. Today we will look at the IJobFactory interface in detail. In a later post we’ll look at the job factories that are included in the Quartz.
Continue ReadingQuartz.Net supports quite a few different database providers. This information is embedded inside the Quartz.dll file, but I think it is useful to have it handy. I’ve created a table with the names of all the (as of now) supported database providers. If you would like the full details on the providers, take a look at the dbproviders.
Continue ReadingI’ve finished proofreading the Getting Started section of the Quartz.Net eBook. It is available for download from the downloads page. You can download it either in PDF or Word format. Those of you that signed up using the Quartz.Net eBook form should have received an email with direct links to the files.
Continue ReadingFor a few months now I have been working on a Quartz.Net eBook. So far I have managed to write a total of 40 pages, out of which about 15 make up the Getting Started section. This section is almost complete. I am reviewing it and will make it available for free on this blog as soon as it has been cleaned up.
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