Job-level execution context (shared among all steps)
MultiResourceItemReader for reading multi-file input
SystemCommandTasklet for executing system commands
FlatFileItemWriter and StaxEventItemWriter support headers
Maven archetype
Modifiable transaction attributes for ItemOrientedStep
StepExecutionSimpleCompletionPolicy for pulling commit interval from JobParameters
MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean for easy setup of in-memory repository
StepExecution has persistent rollbackCount, readSkipCount and writeSkipCount
All ItemReader implementations default to returning null in the initial call to read if no data is found to process. NoWorkFoundListener can be used to fail a step if no work was done. (e.g. input was empty)
LineTokenizer implementations now properly enforce formatting. For example, a fixed length line must match the maximum line length defined in the provided ranges.
FlatFileItemWriter must be opened before it can be written to. However, open can be called multiple times before closing.
All ItemReader and ItemWriter implementations now default to saving state. (i.e. saveState=true by default)
Other
StatefulRetryStepFactoryBean is deprecated - use SkipLimitStepFactoryBean instead
Upgrade instructions from 1.0.1 to 1.1
update the database schema using the update script (or create a fresh schema) - note that 1.0.x jobs won't work with 1.1 schema
use the updated simple-job-launcher-context.xml (or remove TX advice for repository - it is applied automatically, and remove beans 'jobRegistry' and 'jobRegistryBeanPostProcessor')
