build(deps): replace dependency cron with croner

lib/decorators/cron.decorator.ts

@@ -16,17 +16,18 @@ export interface CronOptions {
   name?: string;
 
   /**
-   * Specify the timezone for the execution. This will modify the actual time relative to your timezone. If the timezone is invalid, an error is thrown. You can check all timezones available at [Moment Timezone Website](http://momentjs.com/timezone/). Probably don't use both ```timeZone``` and ```utcOffset``` together or weird things may happen.
+   * Specify the timezone for the execution. This will modify the actual time relative to your timezone. If the timezone is invalid, an error is thrown. You can check all timezones available at [Moment Timezone Website](http://momentjs.com/timezone/). Code will throw if trying to use both ```timeZone``` and ```utcOffset``` together.
    */
   timeZone?: string;
 
   /**
-   * This allows you to specify the offset of your timezone rather than using the ```timeZone``` param. Probably don't use both ```timeZone``` and ```utcOffset``` together or weird things may happen.
+   * This allows you to specify the offset of your timezone rather than using the ```timeZone``` param. Code will throw if trying to use both ```timeZone``` and ```utcOffset``` together.
    */
-  utcOffset?: string | number;
+  utcOffset?: number;
 
   /**
    * If you have code that keeps the event loop running and want to stop the node process when that finishes regardless of the state of your cronjob, you can do so making use of this parameter. This is off by default and cron will run as if it needs to control the event loop. For more information take a look at [timers#timers_timeout_unref](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html#timers_timeout_unref) from the NodeJS docs.
+   * @default false
    */
   unrefTimeout?: boolean;
 

lib/scheduler.orchestrator.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import {
   Injectable,
   OnApplicationBootstrap,
   OnApplicationShutdown,
+  Logger
 } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { CronJob } from 'cron';
+import { Cron as CronJob } from 'croner';
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { CronOptions } from './decorators/cron.decorator';
 import { SchedulerRegistry } from './scheduler.registry';
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ export class SchedulerOrchestrator
   private readonly timeouts: Record<string, TimeoutOptions> = {};
   private readonly intervals: Record<string, IntervalOptions> = {};
 
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(SchedulerRegistry.name);
+
   constructor(private readonly schedulerRegistry: SchedulerRegistry) {}
 
   onApplicationBootstrap() {
@@ -72,18 +75,18 @@ export class SchedulerOrchestrator
         return;
       }
 
-      const cronJob = new CronJob(
+      const cronJob = CronJob(
         options.cronTime,
-        target as any,
-        undefined,
-        false,
-        options.timeZone,
-        undefined,
-        false,
-        options.utcOffset,
-        options.unrefTimeout,
+        {
+          timezone: options.timeZone,
+          unref: options.unrefTimeout,
+          utcOffset: options.utcOffset,
+          catch: (error) => {
+            this.logger.error(error)
+          }
+        },
+        target as any
       );
-      cronJob.start();
 
       this.cronJobs[key].ref = cronJob;
       this.schedulerRegistry.addCronJob(key, cronJob);

lib/scheduler.registry.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { CronJob } from 'cron';
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Cron as CronJob } from 'croner';
 import { DUPLICATE_SCHEDULER, NO_SCHEDULER_FOUND } from './schedule.messages';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SchedulerRegistry {
-  private readonly logger = new Logger(SchedulerRegistry.name);
-
   private readonly cronJobs = new Map<string, CronJob>();
   private readonly timeouts = new Map<string, any>();
   private readonly intervals = new Map<string, any>();
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ export class SchedulerRegistry {
     if (ref) {
       throw new Error(DUPLICATE_SCHEDULER('Cron Job', name));
     }
-
-    job.fireOnTick = this.wrapFunctionInTryCatchBlocks(job.fireOnTick, job);
     this.cronJobs.set(name, job);
   }
 
@@ -108,13 +104,4 @@ export class SchedulerRegistry {
     this.timeouts.delete(name);
   }
 
-  private wrapFunctionInTryCatchBlocks(methodRef: Function, instance: object): Function {
-    return async (...args: unknown[]) => {
-      try {
-        await methodRef.call(instance, ...args);
-      } catch (error) {
-        this.logger.error(error);
-      }
-    };
-  }
 }