Spring Batch Code Published!

[lucasward]

Hi,

Please let me where/when I can obtain Spring Batch Release libraries and docs.

We are planning to use this framework for one of our client's batch application
requirements, however need to develop a POC to finalize the approach ASAP.

Thanks

I'm assuming this is tied to your other thread about having issues obtaining the code via subversion? I'm not quite sure how to resolve it if your company is blocking the port. In terms of 'release libraries and docs', they won't come until we have an actual release. We're pushing to get a milestone 2 out within the next couple of weeks, which will be in jar format, but the documentation won't be complete until around the time we're ready for a first rc.

Will binaries be available for download soon ? Our shop has little Maven experience so binaries would be mighty convenient.

Our current CI is creating nightly builds that are accessible, but you won't be able to run the sample jobs from them, since they're part of the test directory, and thus not included. Maven experience isn't a huge issue, since the maven plugin for eclipse makes it a lot easier. Or from the command-line it's as simple as 'mvn clean install' and 'mvn eclipse:eclipse'

Will there be any admin type GUI (web based or otherwise) for controlling jobs, or is Spring Batch first and foremost a set of APIs ?

Currently, we have focused on making sure spring-batch can be exposed as an mBean via JMX. You can see an example of this in the adHocLoopJob within the samples project (samples/src/main/resources/jobs/adHocLoopJob.xml) However, there isn't any GUI tool currently planned other than using a JMX console.

[Dave Syer]

The website has a link to "Downloads", where you can find both Maven-oriented instructions, as well as a link to browse the snapshot repository (http://static.springframework.org/sp...snapshots.html). There is no official release yet, just snapshots, but eventually the same system and the links on the "Downloads" page will work for the milestone and release candidates. The documentation is still lagging behind the codebase (apologies) but is browseable at http://static.springframework.org/spring-batch.