Running Spring Batch without a database

[hailspring]

Hello All,

Just curious to know whether I can run spring batch (in memory) without any database. For ex. if I just need to process files I do not need to have any database connection but simpleStep in the sample,

<bean id="simpleStep" class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.Si mpleStepFactoryBean"
abstract="true">

mandatest me to have the transactionManager defined (which requires dataSource to be defined).

Any clue?
Thanks!

[hailspring]

Here is the answer, user resourceless transaction manager:

<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.batch.support.transacti on.ResourcelessTransactionManager" lazy-init="true">
</bean>

I hope this is correct!!

[DHGarrette]

If you don't want to persist to database, you might just want to use the in-memory database hsqldb, which is what we use for unit tests.