I am a bit new to Quartz. Is there a way to update the job execution interval for an already submitted Quartz job? Does this interval get updated immediately? Do you have to
Perhaps there is a static method triggerKey() somewhere in the Quartz library. However, I managed to reschedule an existing Quartz job (using Quartz 2.3.2) without using this (potential) method, but rather using the TriggerKey class as follows:
boolean updateExisting = true; // try it also with false
int aveId = 1234; // change it as you wish
java.util.Date closeDate = new java.util.Date(); // change it as you wish
SchedulerFactory sf = new StdSchedulerFactory("... /quartz_priority.properties");
Scheduler scheduler = sf.getScheduler();
TriggerKey triggerKey = new TriggerKey("trigger" + aveId, "group1");
if (updateExisting) {
Trigger oldTrigger = scheduler.getTrigger(triggerKey);
TriggerBuilder oldTriggerBuilder = oldTrigger.getTriggerBuilder();
Trigger newTrigger = oldTriggerBuilder.startAt(closeDate).build();
scheduler.rescheduleJob(triggerKey, newTrigger);
} else {
Trigger trigger = TriggerBuilder.newTrigger().withIdentity(triggerKey).startAt(closeDate).build();
// Define job instance
JobDetail job1 = JobBuilder.newJob(.class).withIdentity("job" + aveId, "group1").build();
JobDataMap map = job1.getJobDataMap();
map.put(, aveId);
// Schedule the job with the trigger
scheduler.scheduleJob(job1, trigger);
}