Spring Batch - Reference Documentation

Welcome to the Spring Batch reference documentation! This documentation is also available as single html and pdf documents.

The reference documentation is divided into several sections:

Spring Batch Introduction	Background, usage scenarios and general guidelines.
What’s new in Spring Batch 4.2	New features introduced in version 4.2.
The Domain Language of Batch	Core concepts and abstractions of the Batch domain language.
Configuring and Running a Job	Job configuration, execution and administration.
Configuring a Step	Step configuration, different types of steps, controlling step flow.
ItemReaders and ItemWriters	Item readers and writers interfaces and how to use them.
Scaling and Parallel Processing	Multi-threaded steps, parallel steps, remote chunking and partitioning.
Repeat	Completion policies and exception handling of repetitive actions.
Retry	Retry and backoff policies of retryable operations.
Unit Testing	Job and Step testing facilities and APIs.
Common Patterns	Common batch processing patterns and guidelines.
JSR-352 Support	JSR-352 support, similarities and differences with Spring Batch.
Spring Batch Integration	Integration between Spring Batch and Spring Integration projects.
Monitoring and metrics	Batch jobs monitoring and metrics

The following appendices are available:

List of ItemReaders and ItemWriters	List of all item readers and writers provided out-of-the box.
Meta-Data Schema	Core tables used by the Batch domain model.
Batch Processing and Transactions	Transaction boundaries, propagation and isolation levels used in Spring Batch.
Glossary	Glossary of common terms, concepts and vocabulary of the Batch domain.

Lucas Ward, Dave Syer, Thomas Risberg, Robert Kasanicky, Dan Garrette, Wayne Lund, Michael Minella, Chris Schaefer, Gunnar Hillert, Glenn Renfro, Jay Bryant, Mahmoud Ben Hassine

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