How to read all files in a folder with spring-batch and MultiResourceItemReader?

Question

I want to configure spring-batch to read all csv files inside a specific folder sequentially.

The following does not work because the deleg

Answer 1

Alternatively @Value annotation can be used to let ResourceArrayPropertyEditor convert string to Resource[].

@Bean
@StepScope
public ItemReader reader(
        @Value("file:/myfolder/*.csv") Resource[] resources
) {
    MultiResourceItemReader reader = new MultiResourceItemReader<>();
    reader.setResources(resources);
    reader.setDelegate(new FlatFileItemReader<>(..));
    return reader;
}