Wildcards do not work with ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory

[pminearo]

I am using Spring Batch 2.1.5.RELEASE and I am having a problem with ClassPathXmlApplicationFactory. It seems that it does not like wildcards in the resource path. The following config will not work:

<bean id="jobRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.MapJobRegistry" />

	<bean id="jobContextFactory" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory">
		<property name="resource" value="classpath*:META-INF/spring/batch/jobs/**/*.xml"/>
	</bean>

	<bean id="jobLoader" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.DefaultJobLoader">
		<property name="jobRegistry" ref="jobRegistry" />
	</bean>
						
	<bean id="jobRegistrar" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.AutomaticJobRegistrar">
		<property name="applicationContextFactories" ref="jobContextFactory"/>
		<property name="jobLoader" ref="jobLoader"/>
	</bean>

However, the following config does work. Notice the path above should find the path below.

<bean id="jobRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.MapJobRegistry" />

	<bean id="jobContextFactory" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory">
		<property name="resource" value="classpath:META-INF/spring/batch/jobs/jobserviceimpl/jobserviceimpl-job-context.xml"/>
	</bean>

	<bean id="jobLoader" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.DefaultJobLoader">
		<property name="jobRegistry" ref="jobRegistry" />
	</bean>
						
	<bean id="jobRegistrar" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.AutomaticJobRegistrar">
		<property name="applicationContextFactories" ref="jobContextFactory"/>
		<property name="jobLoader" ref="jobLoader"/>
	</bean>

Am I missing something?

[Dave Syer]

The factory accepts a Resource (singular), and the pattern would resolve to a Resource[] (plural). You would need to supply a single resource with an import to get multiple resources.

[pminearo]

Are there any examples of doing that?