Tasklet to delete a table in spring batch

Question

I have steps in the batch job that does different things.

But before I begin all these steps, I need to clear a table. Is there any simple way to write a tasklet tha

Answer 1

For batch Java config. Step:

@Bean
private Step dropTable() {
  return stepBuilderFactory
    .get("dropTable")
    .transactionManager(transactionManager)
    .tasklet(dropTableTasklet())
    .build();
}

Tasklet:

private Tasklet dropTableTasklet() {
  return (contribution, chunkContext) -> {
    new JdbcTemplate(this.dataSource).execute(DROP_SCRIPT);
    return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
  };
}

Script (SQL server):

private static final String DROP_SCRIPT = "IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES "
  + "WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'some_table') "
  + "BEGIN "
  + " DROP TABLE some_table "
  + "END";

Answer 2

you mean even more simple than a tasklet, e.g. like this pseudocode ?

<!-- xml bean config -->
<bean id="deleteTableTaskletStep" class="...">
   <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
   <property name="sql" value="delete from ..." />
</bean>

// java code
public class DeleteTableTasklet implements Tasklet {

@Override
public RepeatStatus execute(StepContribution contribution, ChunkContext chunkContext) throws Exception {
    new JdbcTemplate(this.dataSource).executeQuery(this.sql)
    return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
}
}

Answer 3

FYI, Instead of a tasklet, you can use the <jdbc:initialize-database> to point to an initialization script with all your SQL queries used to initialize the db. That way, the queries will be easier to maintain.

<!-- xml bean config -->
<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource">
       <jdbc:script location="file:C:/db/initial-query.sql" />
</jdbc:initialize-database>

Just remember to include this at the top

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       ...
       xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
       xsi:schemaLocation="...
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc
           http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-3.1.xsd">