Is there a spring batch “job” scope?

Question

I just want to know if there is a "JOB" scope in spring batch, like the "STEP" scope ? If there is not, should we develop our custom scope, or is there a better alternative ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A jira has been opened some times ago on the spring batch issues tracker regarding this issue: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/BATCH-1701

A pull request has been submitted as well, hopefully it will be merge soon, because I have this use case too: https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-batch/pull/41

There are multiple workarounds in the mean time, each with its drawback, see this answer on stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8121102/470107

Answer 2

Finally Spring Batch 3.0 supports now the Job Scope : What's new in Spring Batch 3.0

Answer 3

if your dataHolder bean holds state you could try it with a proper bean scope e.g. prototype