I am using BackgroundService for my tasks and i would like to run different tasks at different times for example i have a task which should run once a day and i have come up with this cron expression "@daily" which is ok for my first task. But for my second task which should run multiple times a day i need multiple cron expressions
for example
- ( 30 13 * * * ) daily at 13:30
- ( 10 17 * * * ) daily at 17:10
- ( 40 20 * * * ) daily at 20:40
- ( 15 22 * * * ) daily at 22:15
and the classes which i use looks like this
public abstract class BackgroundService : IHostedService
{
private Task _executingTask;
private readonly CancellationTokenSource _stoppingCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
public virtual Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
_executingTask = ExecuteAsync(_stoppingCts.Token);
if (_executingTask.IsCompleted)
{
return _executingTask;
}
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
public virtual async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (_executingTask == null)
{
return;
}
try
{
_stoppingCts.Cancel();
}
finally
{
await Task.WhenAny(_executingTask, Task.Delay(Timeout.Infinite, cancellationToken));
}
}
protected virtual async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
do
{
await Process();
await Task.Delay(5000, stoppingToken);
} while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested);
}
protected abstract Task Process();
}
public abstract class ScopedProcessor : BackgroundService
{
private IServiceScopeFactory _serviceScopeFactory;
public ScopedProcessor(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory) : base()
{
_serviceScopeFactory = serviceScopeFactory;
}
protected override async Task Process()
{
using (var scope = _serviceScopeFactory.CreateScope())
{
await ProcessInScope(scope.ServiceProvider);
}
}
public abstract Task ProcessInScope(IServiceProvider scopeServiceProvider);
}
public abstract class ScheduledProcessor : ScopedProcessor
{
private CrontabSchedule _schedule;
private DateTime _nextRun;
protected abstract string Schedule { get; }
public ScheduledProcessor(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory) : base(serviceScopeFactory)
{
_schedule = CrontabSchedule.Parse(Schedule);
_nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
}
protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
{
while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
{
var now = DateTime.Now;
if (now > _nextRun)
{
await Process();
// for the first task which should run daily is ok but
// for my second task i want to run the multiple cron expressions after
// one another
_nextRun = _schedule.GetNextOccurrence(DateTime.Now);
}
await Task.Delay(5000, stoppingToken); // 5 seconds delay
};
}
}
and the actual class which contains the actual task.
public class MyTask : ScheduledProcessor
{
public MyTask(IServiceScopeFactory serviceScopeFactory) : base(serviceScopeFactory)
{
}
// cron expression
protected override string Schedule => "*/1 * * * *"; // every 1 min for testing purpose
// actual task
public override Task ProcessInScope(IServiceProvider scopeServiceProvider)
{
Console.WriteLine("MyTask Running " + DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString());
// do other work
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
}
instead of executing a single cron expression i want to run multiple cron expressions after one another at a daily basis. Maybe CronTrigger can help but i dont know where and how can i use CronTrigger in my Classes.