diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
index 9282cb9ab..521ad6087 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
 	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN,Quantity,price, CUSTOMER" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12, 3, 5, 9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor2"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="Title, FirstName, LastName, Age, Address.AddrLine1, children[0].name, children[1].name" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="5, 15, 20, 5, 10, 10, 10" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-5, 6-20, 21-40, 41-45, 46-55, 56-65, 66-75" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSampleJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSampleJob.xml
index 06e7e69fc..5bd75978d 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSampleJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSampleJob.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12, 3, 5, 9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
index dcefaacb4..4d5a8aefc 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12, 3, 5, 9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />	
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
index 57956487b..0f589f80b 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@
 
 	<bean id="beginRecordDescriptor"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
-		<property name="lengths" value="5" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-5" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="endRecordDescriptor"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
-		<property name="lengths" value="3" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-3" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="tradeRecordDescriptor"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN,Quantity,Price,Customer" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12,3,5,9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean parent="customEditorConfigurer"/>
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderInputDescriptors.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderInputDescriptors.xml
index 5eba6614b..a0595cbae 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderInputDescriptors.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderInputDescriptors.xml
@@ -1,71 +1,71 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<bean id="orderFileDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer">
-		<property name="tokenizers">
-			<map>
-				<entry key="HEA" value-ref="headerRecordDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="FOT" value-ref="footerRecordDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="BCU" value-ref="businessCustomerLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="NCU" value-ref="customerLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="BAD" value-ref="billingAddressLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="SAD" value-ref="shippingAddressLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="BIN" value-ref="billingLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="SIN" value-ref="shippingLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="LIT" value-ref="itemLineDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="" value-ref="defaultLineDescriptor" />
-			</map>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="defaultLineDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
-		<property name="lengths" value="120"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="parentLineDescriptor" abstract="true"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
-		<property name="delimiter" value=";"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="headerRecordDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ORDER_ID,ORDER_DATE" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="footerRecordDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,TOTAL_LINE_ITEMS,TOTAL_ITEMS,TOTAL_PRICE" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="businessCustomerLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,COMPANY_NAME,REG_ID,VIP" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="customerLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,MIDDLE_NAME,REGISTERED,REG_ID,VIP" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="billingAddressLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ADDRESSEE,ADDR_LINE1,ADDR_LINE2,CITY,ZIP_CODE,STATE,COUNTRY" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="shippingAddressLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ADDRESSEE,ADDR_LINE1,ADDR_LINE2,CITY,ZIP_CODE,STATE,COUNTRY" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="billingLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,PAYMENT_TYPE_ID,PAYMENT_DESC" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="shippingLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,SHIPPER_ID,SHIPPING_TYPE_ID,ADDITIONAL_SHIPPING_INFO" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="itemLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
-		<property name="names"
-			value="LINE_ID,ITEM_ID,PRICE,DISCOUNT_PERC,DISCOUNT_AMOUNT,SHIPPING_PRICE,HANDLING_PRICE,QUANTITY,TOTAL_PRICE" />
-	</bean>
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="orderFileDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer">
+		<property name="tokenizers">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="HEA" value-ref="headerRecordDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="FOT" value-ref="footerRecordDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="BCU" value-ref="businessCustomerLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="NCU" value-ref="customerLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="BAD" value-ref="billingAddressLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="SAD" value-ref="shippingAddressLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="BIN" value-ref="billingLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="SIN" value-ref="shippingLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="LIT" value-ref="itemLineDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="" value-ref="defaultLineDescriptor" />
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="defaultLineDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
+		<property name="columns" value="1-120" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="parentLineDescriptor" abstract="true"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+		<property name="delimiter" value=";"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="headerRecordDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ORDER_ID,ORDER_DATE" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="footerRecordDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,TOTAL_LINE_ITEMS,TOTAL_ITEMS,TOTAL_PRICE" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="businessCustomerLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,COMPANY_NAME,REG_ID,VIP" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="customerLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,LAST_NAME,FIRST_NAME,MIDDLE_NAME,REGISTERED,REG_ID,VIP" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="billingAddressLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ADDRESSEE,ADDR_LINE1,ADDR_LINE2,CITY,ZIP_CODE,STATE,COUNTRY" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="shippingAddressLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,ADDRESSEE,ADDR_LINE1,ADDR_LINE2,CITY,ZIP_CODE,STATE,COUNTRY" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="billingLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,PAYMENT_TYPE_ID,PAYMENT_DESC" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="shippingLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names" value="LINE_ID,SHIPPER_ID,SHIPPING_TYPE_ID,ADDITIONAL_SHIPPING_INFO" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemLineDescriptor" parent="parentLineDescriptor">
+		<property name="names"
+			value="LINE_ID,ITEM_ID,PRICE,DISCOUNT_PERC,DISCOUNT_AMOUNT,SHIPPING_PRICE,HANDLING_PRICE,QUANTITY,TOTAL_PRICE" />
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputDescriptors.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputDescriptors.xml
index 5e76955b7..1a0f1d137 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputDescriptors.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputDescriptors.xml
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
-       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<util:map id="outputDescriptors">
-		<entry key="header" value-ref="outputHeader" />
-		<entry key="footer" value-ref="outputFooter" />
-		<entry key="customer" value-ref="outputCustomer" />
-		<entry key="address" value-ref="outputAddress" />
-		<entry key="billing" value-ref="outputBilling" />
-		<entry key="item" value-ref="outputLineItem" />
-	</util:map>
-
-	<bean id="outputHeader" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="12,10,30" />
-
-	<bean id="outputFooter"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="10,20" />
-
-	<bean id="outputCustomer" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="9,10,10,10,10" />
-
-	<bean id="outputAddress"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="8,20,10,10" />
-
-	<bean id="outputBilling"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="8,10,20" />
-
-	<bean id="outputLineItem"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:lengths="5,10,10" />
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<util:map id="outputDescriptors">
+		<entry key="header" value-ref="outputHeader" />
+		<entry key="footer" value-ref="outputFooter" />
+		<entry key="customer" value-ref="outputCustomer" />
+		<entry key="address" value-ref="outputAddress" />
+		<entry key="billing" value-ref="outputBilling" />
+		<entry key="item" value-ref="outputLineItem" />
+	</util:map>
+
+	<bean id="outputHeader" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-12,13-22,23-52" />
+
+	<bean id="outputFooter"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-10,11-30" />
+
+	<bean id="outputCustomer" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-9,10-19,20-29,30-39,40-49" />
+
+	<bean id="outputAddress"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-8,9-28,29-38,39-48" />
+
+	<bean id="outputBilling"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-8,9-18,19-38" />
+
+	<bean id="outputLineItem"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
+				p:columns="1-5,6-15,16-25" />
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
index 9c7436bed..59159ac63 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12, 3, 5, 9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
index ad37fd317..211b2cf14 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="tradeTokenizer" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
 		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-		<property name="lengths" value="12, 3, 5, 9" />
+		<property name="columns" value="1-12, 13-15, 16-20, 21-29" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="tradeLogAdvice"
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/simple-container-definition.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/simple-container-definition.xml
index a907e764d..0d86012cf 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/simple-container-definition.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/simple-container-definition.xml
@@ -1,132 +1,135 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<import resource="data-source-context.xml" />
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.0.xsd">
 
-	<!-- register the step scope with the application context -->
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.scope.StepScope" />
-
-	<bean id="jobExecutorFacade" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
-		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
-		<property name="jobConfigurationLocator" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-		<property name="jobExecutor" ref="jobExecutor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.SimpleJobLauncher">
-		<property name="jobExecutorFacade" ref="jobExecutorFacade" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfigurationRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.MapJobConfigurationRegistry"/>
- 
-	<aop:config>
-		<aop:advisor pointcut="execution(* org.springframework.batch.execution..*Repository+.*(..))"
-			advice-ref="txAdvice" />
-	</aop:config>
-	<tx:advice id="txAdvice" transaction-manager="transactionManager">
-		<tx:attributes>
-			<tx:method name="*" />
-		</tx:attributes>
-	</tx:advice>
-
-	<bean id="jobExecutor" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.job.DefaultJobExecutor">
-		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
-		<property name="stepExecutorFactory">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.PrototypeBeanStepExecutorFactory">
-				<property name="stepExecutorName" value="stepExecutor" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="stepExecutor" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple.SimpleStepExecutor"
-		scope="prototype">
-		<property name="transactionManager" ref="transactionManager" />
-		<property name="repository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="simpleJobRepository" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.SimpleJobRepository">
-		<constructor-arg ref="jobDao" />
-		<constructor-arg ref="stepDao" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobDao" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.SqlJobDao">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="jobIncrementer" ref="jobIncrementer" />
-		<property name="jobExecutionIncrementer" ref="jobExecutionIncrementer" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="stepDao" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.SqlStepDao">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="stepIncrementer" ref="stepIncrementer" />
+	<import resource="data-source-context.xml" />
+
+	<!-- register the step scope with the application context -->
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.scope.StepScope" />
+
+	<bean id="jobExecutorFacade" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
+		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
+		<property name="jobConfigurationLocator" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+		<property name="jobExecutor" ref="jobExecutor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.SimpleJobLauncher">
+		<property name="jobExecutorFacade" ref="jobExecutorFacade" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfigurationRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.MapJobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+ 
+	<aop:config>
+		<aop:advisor pointcut="execution(* org.springframework.batch.execution..*Repository+.*(..))"
+			advice-ref="txAdvice" />
+	</aop:config>
+	<tx:advice id="txAdvice" transaction-manager="transactionManager">
+		<tx:attributes>
+			<tx:method name="*" />
+		</tx:attributes>
+	</tx:advice>
+
+	<bean id="jobExecutor" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.job.DefaultJobExecutor">
+		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
+		<property name="stepExecutorFactory">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.PrototypeBeanStepExecutorFactory">
+				<property name="stepExecutorName" value="stepExecutor" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="stepExecutor" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple.SimpleStepExecutor"
+		scope="prototype">
+		<property name="transactionManager" ref="transactionManager" />
+		<property name="repository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="simpleJobRepository" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.SimpleJobRepository">
+		<constructor-arg ref="jobDao" />
+		<constructor-arg ref="stepDao" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobDao" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.SqlJobDao">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="jobIncrementer" ref="jobIncrementer" />
+		<property name="jobExecutionIncrementer" ref="jobExecutionIncrementer" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="stepDao" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.SqlStepDao">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="stepIncrementer" ref="stepIncrementer" />
 		<property name="stepExecutionIncrementer" ref="stepExecutionIncrementer" />
-		<property name="jobDao" ref="jobDao"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobRuntimeInformationFactory"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.execution.runtime.ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory">
-		<property name="jobStream" value="TestStream" />
-		<property name="scheduleDate" value="20070505" />
-		<property name="jobRun" value="1" />
-	</bean>
- 
-	<bean id="jdbcTemplate" class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate">
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="simpleJob" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration"
-		abstract="true">
-		<property name="restartable" value="true" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="simpleStep" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.SimpleStepConfiguration"
-		abstract="true">
-		<property name="allowStartIfComplete" value="true" />
-		<property name="saveRestartData" value="false" />
-		<property name="exceptionHandler">
-			<bean
-				class="org.springframework.batch.repeat.exception.handler.SimpleLimitExceptionHandler">
-				<property name="limit" value="5" />
-				<property name="useParent" value="true"/>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-		<property name="commitInterval" value="1" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="customEditorConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
-		<property name="customEditors">
-			<map>
-				<entry key="int[]">
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.support.IntArrayPropertyEditor" />
-				</entry>
-				<entry key="java.util.Date">
-					<bean class="org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor">
-						<constructor-arg>
-							<bean class="java.text.SimpleDateFormat">
-								<constructor-arg value="yyyyMMdd" />
-							</bean>
-						</constructor-arg>
-						<constructor-arg value="false" />
-					</bean>
-				</entry>
-			</map>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
- 
-	<bean id="itemProcessorLogAdvice" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.advice.ProcessorLogAdvice" />
-
-	<aop:config>
-		<aop:aspect id="moduleLogging" ref="itemProcessorLogAdvice">
-
-			<aop:after
-				pointcut="execution( * org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor+.process(Object)) and args(item)"
-				method="doStronglyTypedLogging" />
-
-		</aop:aspect>
-	</aop:config>
-
-</beans>
+		<property name="jobDao" ref="jobDao"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobRuntimeInformationFactory"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.execution.runtime.ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory">
+		<property name="jobStream" value="TestStream" />
+		<property name="scheduleDate" value="20070505" />
+		<property name="jobRun" value="1" />
+	</bean>
+ 
+	<bean id="jdbcTemplate" class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="simpleJob" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration"
+		abstract="true">
+		<property name="restartable" value="true" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="simpleStep" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.step.SimpleStepConfiguration"
+		abstract="true">
+		<property name="allowStartIfComplete" value="true" />
+		<property name="saveRestartData" value="false" />
+		<property name="exceptionHandler">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.repeat.exception.handler.SimpleLimitExceptionHandler">
+				<property name="limit" value="5" />
+				<property name="useParent" value="true"/>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+		<property name="commitInterval" value="1" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="customEditorConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
+		<property name="customEditors">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="int[]">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.support.IntArrayPropertyEditor" />
+				</entry>
+				<entry key="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.Range[]">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.RangeArrayPropertyEditor" />
+				</entry>
+				<entry key="java.util.Date">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor">
+						<constructor-arg>
+							<bean class="java.text.SimpleDateFormat">
+								<constructor-arg value="yyyyMMdd" />
+							</bean>
+						</constructor-arg>
+						<constructor-arg value="false" />
+					</bean>
+				</entry>
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+ 
+	<bean id="itemProcessorLogAdvice" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.advice.ProcessorLogAdvice" />
+
+	<aop:config>
+		<aop:aspect id="moduleLogging" ref="itemProcessorLogAdvice">
+
+			<aop:after
+				pointcut="execution( * org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor+.process(Object)) and args(item)"
+				method="doStronglyTypedLogging" />
+
+		</aop:aspect>
+	</aop:config>
+
+</beans>