@Configuration
@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "quartz.enabled")
public class SchedulerConfig {

    @Bean
    public JobFactory jobFactory(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
        AutowiringSpringBeanJobFactory jobFactory = new AutowiringSpringBeanJobFactory();
        jobFactory.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
        return jobFactory;
    }

    @Bean
    public SchedulerFactoryBean schedulerFactoryBean(DataSource dataSource, JobFactory jobFactory,
            @Qualifier("sampleJobTrigger") Trigger sampleJobTrigger) throws IOException {
        SchedulerFactoryBean factory = new SchedulerFactoryBean();
        // this allows to update triggers in DB when updating settings in config
        // file:
        factory.setOverwriteExistingJobs(true);
        factory.setDataSource(dataSource);
        factory.setJobFactory(jobFactory);

        factory.setQuartzProperties(quartzProperties());
        // factory.setTriggers(sampleJobTrigger);

        return factory;
    }

    @Bean
    public Properties quartzProperties() throws IOException {
        PropertiesFactoryBean propertiesFactoryBean = new PropertiesFactoryBean();
        propertiesFactoryBean.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("/quartz.properties"));
        propertiesFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
        return propertiesFactoryBean.getObject();
    }

    @Bean
    public JobDetailFactoryBean sampleJobDetail(String name) {
        return createJobDetail(SampleJob.class,name);
    }

    @Bean(name = "sampleJobTrigger")
    public SimpleTriggerFactoryBean sampleJobTrigger(@Qualifier("sampleJobDetail") JobDetail jobDetail,
            @Value("${samplejob.frequency}") long frequency) {
        return createTrigger(jobDetail, frequency);
    }

    public static JobDetailFactoryBean createJobDetail(Class jobClass,String name) {
        JobDetailFactoryBean factoryBean = new JobDetailFactoryBean();
        factoryBean.setJobClass(jobClass);
        factoryBean.setName(name);
        // job has to be durable to be stored in DB:
        factoryBean.setDurability(true);
        return factoryBean;
    }

    private static SimpleTriggerFactoryBean createTrigger(JobDetail jobDetail, long pollFrequencyMs) {
        SimpleTriggerFactoryBean factoryBean = new SimpleTriggerFactoryBean();
        factoryBean.setJobDetail(jobDetail);
        factoryBean.setStartDelay(0L);
        factoryBean.setRepeatInterval(pollFrequencyMs);
        factoryBean.setRepeatCount(SimpleTrigger.REPEAT_INDEFINITELY);
        // in case of misfire, ignore all missed triggers and continue :
        factoryBean.setMisfireInstruction(SimpleTrigger.MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_RESCHEDULE_NEXT_WITH_REMAINING_COUNT);
        return factoryBean;
    }

    // Use this method for creating cron triggers instead of simple triggers:
    public static CronTriggerFactoryBean createCronTrigger(JobDetail jobDetail, String cronExpression) {
        CronTriggerFactoryBean factoryBean = new CronTriggerFactoryBean();
        factoryBean.setJobDetail(jobDetail);
        factoryBean.setCronExpression(cronExpression);
        factoryBean.setMisfireInstruction(SimpleTrigger.MISFIRE_INSTRUCTION_FIRE_NOW);
        return factoryBean;
    }
}

public void saveScheduledTime(String name) throws SchedulerException, ParseException {

        JobDetailFactoryBean jobDetailFactoryBean =  SchedulerConfig.createJobDetail(SampleJob.class,name);
        JobDetail jobDetail = jobDetailFactoryBean.getObject();
        CronTriggerFactoryBean cronTriggerFactoryBean = SchedulerConfig.createCronTrigger(jobDetail, "0/5 * * * * ?");
        Trigger trigger = cronTriggerFactoryBean.getObject();
        Scheduler scheduler = new StdSchedulerFactory().getScheduler();
        scheduler.start();
        scheduler.scheduleJob(jobDetail, trigger);
    }

INFO : org.quartz.impl.StdSchedulerFactory - Quartz scheduler 'TestQuartzScheduler' initialized from default resource file in Quartz package: 'quartz.properties'
INFO : org.quartz.impl.StdSchedulerFactory - Quartz scheduler version: 2.2.1
INFO : com.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.AbstractPoolBackedDataSource - Initializing c3p0 pool... com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource [ acquireIncrement -> 3, acquireRetryAttempts -> 30, acquireRetryDelay -> 1000, autoCommitOnClose -> false, automaticTestTable -> null, breakAfterAcquireFailure -> false, checkoutTimeout -> 0, connectionCustomizerClassName -> null, connectionTesterClassName -> com.mchange.v2.c3p0.impl.DefaultConnectionTester, dataSourceName -> 1hge15x9h1hec5jd1ksgs1d|5b540c33, debugUnreturnedConnectionStackTraces -> false, description -> null, driverClass -> org.postgresql.Driver, factoryClassLocation -> null, forceIgnoreUnresolvedTransactions -> false, identityToken -> 1hge15x9h1hec5jd1ksgs1d|5b540c33, idleConnectionTestPeriod -> 0, initialPoolSize -> 3, jdbcUrl -> jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/cycle, lastAcquisitionFailureDefaultUser -> null, maxAdministrativeTaskTime -> 0, maxConnectionAge -> 0, maxIdleTime -> 0, maxIdleTimeExcessConnections -> 0, maxPoolSize -> 20, maxStatements -> 0, maxStatementsPerConnection -> 120, minPoolSize -> 1, numHelperThreads -> 3, numThreadsAwaitingCheckoutDefaultUser -> 0, preferredTestQuery -> null, properties -> {user=******, password=******}, propertyCycle -> 0, testConnectionOnCheckin -> false, testConnectionOnCheckout -> false, unreturnedConnectionTimeout -> 0, usesTraditionalReflectiveProxies -> false ]
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Freed 1 triggers from 'acquired' / 'blocked' state.
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Handling 2 trigger(s) that missed their scheduled fire-time.
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Recovering 0 jobs that were in-progress at the time of the last shut-down.
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Recovery complete.
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Removed 0 'complete' triggers.
INFO : org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX - Removed 1 stale fired job entries.
INFO : org.quartz.core.QuartzScheduler - Scheduler TestQuartzScheduler_$_NON_CLUSTERED started.
org.quartz.SchedulerException: JobDetail cannot be null
    at org.quartz.core.QuartzScheduler.scheduleJob(QuartzScheduler.java:849)
    at org.quartz.impl.StdScheduler.scheduleJob(StdScheduler.java:249)
    at com.cycleforgreen.java.webService.WebServiceContoller.saveScheduledTime(WebServiceContoller.java:856)
    at com.cycleforgreen.java.webService.WebServiceContoller.blockCycle(WebServiceContoller.java:836)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:221)
    at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:137)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:110)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandleMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:776)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:705)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:959)