org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support

Class CommandLineJobRunner

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner

public class CommandLineJobRunner
extends java.lang.Object

Basic launcher for starting jobs from the command line. In general, it is assumed that this launcher will primarily be used to start a job via a script from an Enterprise Scheduler. Therefore, exit codes are mapped to integers so that schedulers can use the returned values to determine the next course of action. The returned values can also be useful to operations teams in determining what should happen upon failure. For example, a returned code of 5 might mean that some resource wasn't available and the job should be restarted. However, a code of 10 might mean that something critical has happened and the issue should be escalated.

With any launch of a batch job within Spring Batch, a Spring context containing the Job and some execution context has to be created. This command line launcher can be used to load the job and its context from a single location. All dependencies of the launcher will then be satisfied by autowiring by type from the combined application context. Default values are provided for all fields except the JobLauncher and JobLocator . Therefore, if autowiring fails to set it (it should be noted that dependency checking is disabled because most of the fields have default values and thus don't require dependencies to be fulfilled via autowiring) then an exception will be thrown. It should also be noted that even if an exception is thrown by this class, it will be mapped to an integer and returned.

Notice a property is available to set the SystemExiter. This class is used to exit from the main method, rather than calling System.exit() directly. This is because unit testing a class the calls System.exit() is impossible without kicking off the test within a new JVM, which it is possible to do, however it is a complex solution, much more so than strategizing the exiter.

The arguments to this class can be provided on the command line (separated by spaces), or through stdin (separated by new line). They are as follows:

jobPath <options> jobIdentifier (jobParameters)*

The command line options are as follows

• jobPath: the xml application context containing a Job
• -restart: (optional) to restart the last failed execution
• -stop: (optional) to stop a running execution
• -abandon: (optional) to abandon a stopped execution
• -next: (optional) to start the next in a sequence according to the JobParametersIncrementer in the Job
• jobIdentifier: the name of the job or the id of a job execution (for -stop, -abandon or -restart).
• jobParameters: 0 to many parameters that will be used to launch a job specified in the form of key=value pairs.

If the -next option is used the parameters on the command line (if any) are appended to those retrieved from the incrementer, overriding any with the same key.

The combined application context must contain only one instance of JobLauncher. The job parameters passed in to the command line will be converted to Properties by assuming that each individual element is one parameter that is separated by an equals sign. For example, "vendor.id=290232". The resulting properties instance is converted to JobParameters using a JobParametersConverter from the application context (if there is one, or a DefaultJobParametersConverter otherwise). Below is an example arguments list: "

java org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner testJob.xml testJob schedule.date=2008/01/24 vendor.id=3902483920

By default, the `CommandLineJobRunner` uses a DefaultJobParametersConverter which implicitly converts key/value pairs to identifying job parameters. However, it is possible to explicitly specify which job parameters are identifying and which are not by prefixing them with `+` or `-` respectively. In the following example, `schedule.date` is an identifying job parameter while `vendor.id` is not:

java org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner testJob.xml testJob +schedule.date=2008/01/24 -vendor.id=3902483920

This behaviour can be overridden by using a custom `JobParametersConverter`.

Once arguments have been successfully parsed, autowiring will be used to set various dependencies. The JobLauncher for example, will be loaded this way. If none is contained in the bean factory (it searches by type) then a BeanDefinitionStoreException will be thrown. The same exception will also be thrown if there is more than one present. Assuming the JobLauncher has been set correctly, the jobIdentifier argument will be used to obtain an actual Job. If a JobLocator has been set, then it will be used, if not the beanFactory will be asked, using the jobIdentifier as the bean id.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Dave Syer, Lucas Ward, Mahmoud Ben Hassine

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log	logger

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CommandLineJobRunner()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	exit(int status) Delegate to the exiter to (possibly) exit the VM gracefully.
static java.lang.String	getErrorMessage() Retrieve the error message set by an instance of CommandLineJobRunner as it exits.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Launch a batch job using a CommandLineJobRunner.
static void	presetSystemExiter(SystemExiter systemExiter) Static setter for the SystemExiter so it can be adjusted before dependency injection.
void	setExitCodeMapper(ExitCodeMapper exitCodeMapper) Injection setter for the ExitCodeMapper.
void	setJobExplorer(JobExplorer jobExplorer) Injection setter for JobExplorer.
void	setJobLocator(JobLocator jobLocator) JobLocator to find a job to run.
void	setJobParametersConverter(JobParametersConverter jobParametersConverter) Injection setter for JobParametersConverter.
void	setJobRepository(JobRepository jobRepository)
void	setLauncher(JobLauncher launcher) Injection setter for the JobLauncher.
void	setSystemExiter(SystemExiter systemExiter) Injection setter for the SystemExiter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

protected static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log logger

Constructor Detail

CommandLineJobRunner

public CommandLineJobRunner()

Method Detail

setLauncher

public void setLauncher(JobLauncher launcher)

Injection setter for the JobLauncher.

Parameters:

launcher - the launcher to set

setJobRepository

public void setJobRepository(JobRepository jobRepository)

Parameters:

jobRepository - the jobRepository to set

setJobExplorer

public void setJobExplorer(JobExplorer jobExplorer)

Injection setter for JobExplorer.

Parameters:

jobExplorer - the JobExplorer to set

setExitCodeMapper

public void setExitCodeMapper(ExitCodeMapper exitCodeMapper)

Injection setter for the ExitCodeMapper.

Parameters:

exitCodeMapper - the exitCodeMapper to set

presetSystemExiter

public static void presetSystemExiter(SystemExiter systemExiter)

Static setter for the SystemExiter so it can be adjusted before dependency injection. Typically overridden by setSystemExiter(SystemExiter).

Parameters:

systemExiter - SystemExiter instance to be used by CommandLineJobRunner instance.

getErrorMessage

public static java.lang.String getErrorMessage()

Retrieve the error message set by an instance of CommandLineJobRunner as it exits. Empty if the last job launched was successful.

Returns:

the error message

setSystemExiter

public void setSystemExiter(SystemExiter systemExiter)

Injection setter for the SystemExiter.

Parameters:

systemExiter - SystemExiter instance to be used by CommandLineJobRunner instance.

setJobParametersConverter

public void setJobParametersConverter(JobParametersConverter jobParametersConverter)

Injection setter for JobParametersConverter.

Parameters:

jobParametersConverter - instance of JobParametersConverter to be used by the CommandLineJobRunner instance.

exit

public void exit(int status)

Delegate to the exiter to (possibly) exit the VM gracefully.

Parameters:

status - int exit code that should be reported.

setJobLocator

public void setJobLocator(JobLocator jobLocator)

JobLocator to find a job to run.

Parameters:

jobLocator - a JobLocator

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Launch a batch job using a CommandLineJobRunner. Creates a new Spring context for the job execution, and uses a common parent for all such contexts. No exception are thrown from this method, rather exceptions are logged and an integer returned through the exit status in a JvmSystemExiter (which can be overridden by defining one in the Spring context).
Parameters can be provided in the form key=value, and will be converted using the injected JobParametersConverter.

Parameters:

args -

• -restart: (optional) if the job has failed or stopped and the most should be restarted. If specified then the jobIdentifier parameter can be interpreted either as the name of the job or the id of the job execution that failed.
• -next: (optional) if the job has a JobParametersIncrementer that can be used to launch the next instance in a sequence
• jobPath: the xml application context containing a Job
• jobIdentifier: the bean id of the job or id of the failed execution in the case of a restart.
• jobParameters: 0 to many parameters that will be used to launch a job.

The options (-restart, -next) can occur anywhere in the command line.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - is thrown if error occurs.