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package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Parser for the lt;step/gt; top level element in the Batch namespace. Sets up and returns
 * a bean definition for a {@link org.springframework.batch.core.Step}.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * 
 */
public class TopLevelStepParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
	
	private static final StandaloneStepParser stepParser = new StandaloneStepParser();

	@Override
	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {

		CoreNamespaceUtils.checkForStepScope(parserContext, parserContext.extractSource(element));
		return stepParser.parse(element, parserContext);
		
	}

}
