Controller for Cron handling.
Expanded class hierarchy of CronController
class CronController {
  /**
   * Run Cron once.
   *
   * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
   *   A Symfony response object.
   */
  public function run() {
    // @todo Make this an injected object.
    drupal_cron_run();
    // HTTP 204 is "No content", meaning "I did what you asked and we're done."
    return new Response('', 204);
  }
  /**
   * Run cron manually.
   *
   * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RedirectResponse
   *   A Symfony direct response object.
   */
  public function runManually() {
    if (drupal_cron_run()) {
      drupal_set_message(t('Cron ran successfully.'));
    }
    else {
      drupal_set_message(t('Cron run failed.'), 'error');
    }
    return new RedirectResponse(url('admin/reports/status', array(
      'absolute' => TRUE,
    )));
  }
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            Name | 
                  Modifiers | Type | Description | Overrides | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
            CronController:: | 
                  public | function | Run Cron once. | |
| 
            CronController:: | 
                  public | function | Run cron manually. |