ClassPathXmlApplicationContextJobFactory?

The documentation refers us to the ClassPathXmlApplicationContextJobFactory as a reference for creating custom job factories. I could not seem to find this class in the sample project however. I looked at the online JavaDocs API for it and it does not seem to be listed there either.

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4.1.3. JobFactory and Stateful Components in Steps

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The strategy provided by Spring Batch to deal with this scenario is the JobFactory, and the samples provide an example of a specialized implementation that can load an ApplicationContext and close it properly when the job is finished. A relevant examples is ClassPathXmlApplicationContextJobFactory and its use in the adhoc-job-launcher-context.xml and the quartz-job-launcher-context.xml, which can be found in the Samples project.

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I would like to configure the steps required for a job dynamically based on user input. It seems the me the job factory is the proper way to do so. Is that correct? Is a reference factory available?

Thanks.

Keith

Perhaps its more favorable just to let unnecessary steps fail but still return a job success if they weren't required... looks like that would be the way to fit this into the framework as step/job definitions are configured via XML.

Keith

I can set the stepStatus to completed in a stepExecutionListener.beforeStep() if the step is not required...

That'll work!

Keith