diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateAwareItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateAwareItemWriter.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.batch.item.database;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
-import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateOperations;
-import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-/**
- * {@link ItemWriter} that is aware of the Hibernate session and can take some
- * responsibilities to do with chunk boundaries away from a less smart
- * {@link ItemWriter} (the delegate). A delegate is required, and will be used
- * to do the actual writing of the item.
- *
- * The writer is thread safe after its properties are set (normal singleton
- * behaviour), so it can be used to write in multiple concurrent transactions.
- * Note, however, that the set of failed items is stored in a collection
- * internally, and this collection is never cleared, so it is not a great idea
- * to go on using the writer indefinitely. Normally it would be used for the
- * duration of a batch job and then discarded.
- *
- * @author Dave Syer
- *
- */
-public class HibernateAwareItemWriter implements ItemWriter, InitializingBean {
-
- private ItemWriter super T> delegate;
-
- private HibernateOperations hibernateTemplate;
-
- /**
- * Public setter for the {@link ItemWriter} property.
- *
- * @param delegate the delegate to set
- */
- public void setDelegate(ItemWriter super T> delegate) {
- this.delegate = delegate;
- }
-
- /**
- * Public setter for the {@link HibernateOperations} property.
- *
- * @param hibernateTemplate the hibernateTemplate to set
- */
- public void setHibernateTemplate(HibernateOperations hibernateTemplate) {
- this.hibernateTemplate = hibernateTemplate;
- }
-
- /**
- * Set the Hibernate SessionFactory to be used internally. Will
- * automatically create a HibernateTemplate for the given SessionFactory.
- *
- * @see #setHibernateTemplate
- */
- public final void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
- this.hibernateTemplate = new HibernateTemplate(sessionFactory);
- }
-
- /**
- * Check mandatory properties - there must be a delegate and
- * hibernateTemplate.
- */
- public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
- Assert.notNull(delegate, "HibernateAwareItemWriter requires an ItemWriter as a delegate.");
- Assert.notNull(hibernateTemplate, "HibernateAwareItemWriter requires a HibernateOperations");
- }
-
- /**
- * Delegate the writing and then flush and clear te hibernate session.
- *
- * @see org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter#write(java.util.List)
- */
- public void write(List extends T> items) throws Exception {
- delegate.write(items);
- try {
- hibernateTemplate.flush();
- }
- finally {
- // This should happen when the transaction commits anyway, but to be
- // sure...
- hibernateTemplate.clear();
- }
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateAwareItemWriterTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateAwareItemWriterTests.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.batch.item.database;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
-import org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatSynchronizationManager;
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate;
-
-/**
- * @author Dave Syer
- *
- */
-public class HibernateAwareItemWriterTests extends TestCase {
-
- private class HibernateTemplateWrapper extends HibernateTemplate {
- public void flush() throws DataAccessException {
- list.add("flush");
- }
-
- public void clear() {
- list.add("clear");
- };
- }
-
- private class StubItemWriter implements ItemWriter