### YamlMime:JavaType
methods:
- fullName: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.dataType()
  name: dataType()
  nameWithType: TimerTrigger.dataType()
  returns:
    description: <p>The dataType which will be used by the Functions runtime. </p>
    type: <xref href="String?alt=String&text=String" data-throw-if-not-resolved="False"/>
  summary: >-
    <p>Defines how Functions runtime should treat the parameter value. Possible values are:</p>

    <p>

      <ul>

        <li>

          <p>"": get the value as a string, and try to deserialize to actual parameter type like POJO </p>

        </li>

        <li>

          <p>string: always get the value as a string </p>

        </li>

        <li>

          <p>binary: get the value as a binary data, and try to deserialize to actual parameter type byte[] </p>

        </li>

      </ul>

    </p>
  syntax: public String dataType() default ""
  uid: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.dataType()
- fullName: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.name()
  name: name()
  nameWithType: TimerTrigger.name()
  returns:
    description: <p>The name of the variable that represents the timer object in function code. </p>
    type: <xref href="String?alt=String&text=String" data-throw-if-not-resolved="False"/>
  summary: >-
    <p>The name of the variable that represents the timer object in function code.</p>

    <p></p>
  syntax: public String name()
  uid: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.name()
- fullName: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.schedule()
  name: schedule()
  nameWithType: TimerTrigger.schedule()
  returns:
    description: <p>A string representing a CRON expression that will be used to schedule a function to run. </p>
    type: <xref href="String?alt=String&text=String" data-throw-if-not-resolved="False"/>
  summary: >-
    <p>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron#CRON_expression">CRON expression</a> in the format <code>{minute} {hour} {day} {month} {day-of-week} 

        </code> .</p>

    <p>

      <table rows="7" cols="2">

        <caption>A table showing some examples of CRON expressions that could be used.</caption>

        <row>

          <entry thead="yes">

            <p>Goal </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="yes">

            <p>CRON Expression  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger once every five minutes: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 *&amp;#47;5 * * * *  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger once at the top of every hour: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 0 * * * *  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger once every two hours: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 0 *&amp;#47;2 * * *  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger once every hour from 9 AM to 5 PM: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 0 9-17 * * *  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger at 9:30 AM every day: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 30 9 * * *  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

        <row>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>To trigger at 9:30 AM every weekday: </p>

          </entry>

          <entry thead="no">

            <p>0 30 9 * * 1-5  </p>

          </entry>

        </row>

      </table>

    </p>

    <p></p>
  syntax: public String schedule()
  uid: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger.schedule()
nameWithType: TimerTrigger
syntax: public interface TimerTrigger
type: interface
uid: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger
fullName: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation.TimerTrigger
name: TimerTrigger
package: com.microsoft.azure.functions.annotation
summary: >-
  <p>TimerTrigger(name = "keepAliveTrigger", schedule = "0 *&amp;#47;5 * * * *") String timerInfo, ExecutionContext context ) { // timeInfo is a JSON string, you can deserialize it to an object using your favorite JSON library context.getLogger().info("Timer is triggered: " + timerInfo); }</p>

  <p></p>
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