IceCoffee.Cron 1.0.1

IceCoffee.Cron

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IceCoffee.Cron

Description

IceCoffee.Cron is a simple C# library for running tasks based on a cron schedule.

Installation

$ dotnet add package IceCoffee.Cron

Cron Schedules

IceCoffee.Cron supports most cron scheduling. See tests for supported formats.

*   *   *   *   *   *                         Allowed values     Allowed special characters     Comment
┬   ┬   ┬   ┬   ┬   ┬
│   │   │   │   │   │
│   │   │   │   │   │
│   │   │   │   │   └────── day of week       0 - 6  or SUN-SAT  * , - /                        Both 0 and 7 means SUN
│   │   │   │   └────────── month             1 - 12 or JAN-DEC  * , - /                      
│   │   │   └────────────── day of month      1 - 31             * , - /                      
│   │   └────────────────── hour              0 - 23             * , - / L W ?                
│   └────────────────────── min               0 - 59             * , - /                      
└────────────────────────── second (optional) 0 - 59             * , - / # L ?                  

Console Example

using IceCoffee.Cron;

namespace Demo
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create CronDaemon instance
            var daemon = new CronDaemon();

            // Add jobs
            daemon.AddJob(new CronJob(
                "Job1",
                "*/1 * * * * *", // Run every second
                () =>
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Job1 executed at {DateTime.Now}");
                }));

            daemon.AddJob(new CronJob(
                "Job2",
                "*/5 * * * * *", // Run every 5 seconds
                async () =>
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Job2 executed at {DateTime.Now}");
                    await Task.Delay(100); // Simulate job execution
                }));

            daemon.AddJob(new CronJob(
                "Job3",
                "0 */1 * * * *", // Run at the 0th second of every minute
                async () =>
                {
                    Console.WriteLine($"Job3 executed at {DateTime.Now}");
                    await Task.Delay(100); // Simulate job execution
                }));

            // Start CronDaemon
            daemon.Start();
            Console.WriteLine($"CronDaemon started at {DateTime.Now}");

            // Wait for user input to stop the program
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to stop...");
            Console.ReadKey();

            // Stop CronDaemon
            daemon.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine($"CronDaemon stopped at {DateTime.Now}");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}