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= How do the Timer and Quartz endpoints compare?

xref:components::timer-component.adoc[Timer] is a simple, non persistence timer using the
JDK's in built timer mechanism.

xref:components::quartz-component.adoc[Quartz] uses the Quartz library which uses a database
to store timer events and supports distributed timers and cron notation.
