Forward value from Step to Step

[Zico]

Hi all,

I'm new in Spring Batch and I'm wondering how it is possible to forward some values from a Step to another one.
I think it's possible using the execution context but is it the only (and/or the best) way to do it ?
For example, I'm doing a job that gets some data from a DB as a list of complex objects. Then I'm parsing this list, doing some transformation on my objects before calling writing them in another table.
I'd like to divide this process in different steps, so, how can I forward my list of objects from a step to a second on ?

Thanks in advance for answering me,
Bye.