diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data/restartFileSample/input/restartFile.csv b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data/restartFileSample/input/restartFile.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8be0f6b83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/data/restartFileSample/input/restartFile.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+customer1,10
+customer2,20
+customer3,30
+customer4,40
+customer5,50
+customer6,60
+customer7,70
+customer8,80
+customer9,90
+customer10,100
+customer11,110
+customer12,120
+customer13,130
+customer14,140
+customer15,150
+customer16,160
+customer17,170
+customer18,180
+customer19,190
+customer20,200
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartFileSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartFileSampleJob.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3763743ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartFileSampleJob.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" 
+	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"
+	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/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-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
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<batch:job id="ioSampleJob">
+		<batch:step id="step1">
+			<batch:tasklet>
+				<batch:chunk reader="itemReader" processor="itemProcessor" writer="itemWriter" commit-interval="5"/>
+			</batch:tasklet>
+		</batch:step>
+	</batch:job>
+
+	<bean id="itemReaderParent" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader" abstract="true">
+		<property name="lineMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
+				<property name="lineTokenizer">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+						<property name="delimiter" value=","/>
+						<property name="names" value="name,credit" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper">
+						<property name="targetType" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerCredit" />	
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemReader" parent="itemReaderParent" scope="step" autowire-candidate="false">
+		<property name="resource" value="data/restartFileSample/input/restartFile.csv" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemProcessor" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.CustomerCreditIncreaseProcessor" />	
+
+	<bean id="itemWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.RestartFileSampleFunctionalTests$CustomerCreditFlatFileItemWriter">
+		<property name="resource" ref="outputResource" />
+		<property name="lineAggregator">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineAggregator">
+				<property name="delimiter" value=","/>
+				<property name="fieldExtractor">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.BeanWrapperFieldExtractor">
+						<property name="names" value="name,credit"/>					
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="outputResource" class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
+		<constructor-arg value="target/test-outputs/restartFileOutput.csv" />	
+	</bean>
+	
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RestartFileSampleFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RestartFileSampleFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bf4c259c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RestartFileSampleFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * 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.sample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.CustomerCredit;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.AbstractJobTests;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.AssertFile;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dan Garrette
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/restartFileSampleJob.xml" })
+public class RestartFileSampleFunctionalTests extends AbstractJobTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Resource outputResource;
+
+	@Test
+	public void runTest() throws Exception {
+		JobParameters jobParameters = getUniqueJobParameters();
+
+		JobExecution je1 = this.launchJob(jobParameters);
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.FAILED, je1.getStatus());
+		AssertFile.assertLineCount(10, outputResource);
+
+		JobExecution je2 = this.launchJob(jobParameters);
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, je2.getStatus());
+//		AssertFile.assertLineCount(20, outputResource);
+	}
+
+	public static class CustomerCreditFlatFileItemWriter extends FlatFileItemWriter<CustomerCredit> {
+
+		private boolean failed = false;
+
+		@Override
+		public void write(List<? extends CustomerCredit> arg0) throws Exception {
+			for (CustomerCredit cc : arg0) {
+				if (!failed && cc.getName().equals("customer13")) {
+					failed = true;
+					throw new RuntimeException();
+				}
+			}
+			super.write(arg0);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
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