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=== How do the Timer and Quartz endpoints compare?

<<timer-component,Timer>> is a simple, non persistence timer using the
JDK's in built timer mechanism.

<<quartz-component,Quartz>> uses the Quartz library which uses a database
to store timer events and supports distributed timers and cron notation.
