Roadmap

Short Term

Advanced Schedule Options

To offer advanced schedule options for administrators a crontab-like syntax should be supported to define the due date of a job. For parsing purposes PHP Cron Expression Parser could be suggested (needs a Jour Fixe decision).

Feature Request: Define Target Timespan for a Scheduled Cronjob

Refactor Registration of Core Cron Jobs

Currently, core cron jobs can be defined in the component XML file. These files are processed by \ilCronDefinitionProcessor::beginTag and \ilCronDefinitionProcessor::endTag, which are called by the \ilComponentDefinitionReader.

Current Problems: * \ilCronJobRepository::getJobInstance is used in the registration process of a job. * Certain dependencies (retrieved from $DIC) do not exist or are replaced with fake objects during setup, but the actual services are required in the constructors of the concrete cron job implementations registered. * There should be an interface segregation for the registration and execution of core cron jobs. * The problem is currently solved by using the Reflection API in the setup context.

Past Refactorings

ILIAS 8

Component Logger

Introduce a component specific logger for the cron component.

Get rid of Static Methods / Introduce Dependency Injection

More interfaces habe been introduced and almost all static methods have been removed. Instead, dependency injection is used. A cron service is provided via the $DIC.