@Scope(value="step",
proxyMode=TARGET_CLASS)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface StepScope
Convenient annotation for step scoped beans that defaults the proxy mode, so that it doesn't have to be specified explicitly on every bean definition. Use this on any @Bean that needs to inject @Values from the step context, and any bean that needs to share a lifecycle with a step execution (e.g. an ItemStream). E.g.
@Bean @StepScope protected Callable<String> value(@Value("#{stepExecution.stepName}") final String value) { return new SimpleCallable(value); }
Marking a @Bean as @StepScope is equivalent to marking it as @Scope(value="step", proxyMode=TARGET_CLASS)