I need a Java code to create a cron expression based on user inputs. User inputs are Time, frequency and number of executions.
Just adding on from the comment that says create it yourself.
Here is an example: Prompt the user for the values and pass them into the following method, the Javadoc explains what is allowed in which value (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#Format).
This is untested and doesn't validate any of the input strings, but I'm sure you can do that.
/**
* Generate a CRON expression is a string comprising 6 or 7 fields separated by white space.
*
* @param seconds mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 0-59 * / , -}
* @param minutes mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 0-59 * / , -}
* @param hours mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 0-23 * / , -}
* @param dayOfMonth mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 1-31 * / , - ? L W}
* @param month mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 1-12 or JAN-DEC * / , -}
* @param dayOfWeek mandatory = yes. allowed values = {@code 0-6 or SUN-SAT * / , - ? L #}
* @param year mandatory = no. allowed values = {@code 1970–2099 * / , -}
* @return a CRON Formatted String.
*/
private static String generateCronExpression(final String seconds, final String minutes, final String hours,
final String dayOfMonth,
final String month, final String dayOfWeek, final String year)
{
return String.format("%1$s %2$s %3$s %4$s %5$s %6$s %7$s", seconds, minutes, hours, dayOfMonth, month, dayOfWeek, year);
}
Cron Format Information taken from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#Format