We are using the StaxEventItemReader. The xml file (input resource) is not found. It does error out with an illegal state exception as expected. However after this happens, there is another job that is getting invoked. The second is the excel item reader which internally extends that AbstractItemCountingItemStreamReader of Spring batch. Now when the second job trigger is invoked, am seeing that the input file resource of the first job is still being tried to open rather than the input resource of the second job (which is a separate xls file that gets printed in the second job trigger - however, soon after the trigger code, am seeing that the application code goes into the AbstractItemCountingItemStreamReader of the first job which should never happen)

I can bring up logs and if this is an error I can raise a JIRA inf needed..Please helpppppppp