Manually execute a @scheduled method

SchedulerController.java

package com.bmchild.controller.admin;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;

import com.bmchild.model.ajax.BaseAjaxResponse;

/**
 * @author bchild
 *
 */
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/admin/scheduler")
//TODO @Secured
public class SchedulerController {
	
	 @Autowired
	 private ApplicationContext appContext;

	@RequestMapping(value = "/execute", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	@ResponseBody
	public BaseAjaxResponse executeBean(@RequestParam("beanClass") String beanClass) {
		BaseAjaxResponse response = new BaseAjaxResponse();
		
		Boolean destroyBean = false;
		Object bean = null;
		try {
			Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(beanClass);
			bean = getExistingBean(clazz);
			if(bean == null) {
				bean = appContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().createBean(clazz);
				destroyBean = true;
			}
			for(Method method : AopUtils.getTargetClass(bean).getMethods()) {
				if(method.isAnnotationPresent(Scheduled.class)) {
					method.invoke(bean);
					response.setSuccess(Boolean.TRUE);
					response.setSuccessMessage("scheduled method invoked");
					break;
				}
			}
		} catch(InvocationTargetException | IllegalAccessException | IllegalArgumentException | BeansException | IllegalStateException | ClassNotFoundException e) {
			response.setErrorsSuccess(e.getClass().toString() + ": " + e.getMessage());
		} finally {
			if(destroyBean && bean != null) {
				appContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().destroyBean(bean);
			}
		}
		
		return response;
	}
	
	private Object getExistingBean(Class<?> beanClass) throws ClassNotFoundException {
		Object bean;
		try {
			bean = appContext.getBean(beanClass);
		} catch(BeansException e) {
			bean = null;
		}
		
		return bean;
		
	}

	

}