diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlJobRegistry.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlJobRegistry.java
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+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.DuplicateJobException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.ListableJobRegistry;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.NoSuchJobException;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the {@link ListableJobRegistry} interface that assumes all Jobs will be loaded from
+ * ClassPathXml resources.
+ * 
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public class ClassPathXmlJobRegistry implements ListableJobRegistry, ApplicationContextAware, InitializingBean {
+
+	List<Resource> jobPaths;
+	ApplicationContext parent;
+	ListableJobRegistry jobRegistry;
+	
+	public ClassPathXmlJobRegistry(List<Resource> jobPaths) {
+		this.jobPaths = jobPaths;
+	}
+	
+	public Job getJob(String name) throws NoSuchJobException {
+		return jobRegistry.getJob(name);
+	}
+
+	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)
+			throws BeansException {
+		parent = applicationContext;
+	}
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		
+		jobRegistry = new MapJobRegistry();
+		for(Resource resource:jobPaths){
+			ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory applicationContextFactory = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory();
+			applicationContextFactory.setPath(new Resource[]{resource});
+			applicationContextFactory.setApplicationContext(parent);
+			ApplicationContext context = applicationContextFactory.createApplicationContext();
+			String[] names = context.getBeanNamesForType(Job.class);
+			
+			if(names.length > 1){
+				throw new DuplicateJobException("More than one Job found for resource: [" + resource + "]");
+			}
+			else if(names.length == 0){
+				throw new NoSuchJobException("No Jobs found in resource: [" + resource + "]");
+			}
+			
+			ApplicationContextJobFactory jobFactory = new ApplicationContextJobFactory(applicationContextFactory, names[0]);
+			jobRegistry.register(jobFactory);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Collection<String> getJobNames() {
+		return jobRegistry.getJobNames();
+	}
+
+	public void register(JobFactory jobFactory) throws DuplicateJobException {
+		jobRegistry.register(jobFactory);
+	}
+
+	public void unregister(String jobName) {
+		jobRegistry.unregister(jobName);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlJobRegistryTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlJobRegistryTests.java
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+package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.DuplicateJobException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.NoSuchJobException;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+
+
+public class ClassPathXmlJobRegistryTests {
+
+	ClassPathXmlJobRegistry registry;
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testLocateJob() throws Exception{
+		
+		List<Resource> jobPaths = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+		jobPaths.add(new ClassPathResource("org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/job.xml"));
+		jobPaths.add(new ClassPathResource("org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/job2.xml"));
+		
+		registry = new ClassPathXmlJobRegistry(jobPaths);
+		GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		applicationContext.refresh();
+		registry.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+		registry.afterPropertiesSet();
+		
+		Collection<String> names = registry.getJobNames();
+		assertEquals(2, names.size());
+		assertTrue(names.contains("test-job"));
+		assertTrue(names.contains("test-job2"));
+		
+		Job job = registry.getJob("test-job");
+		assertEquals("test-job", job.getName());
+		job = registry.getJob("test-job2");
+		assertEquals("test-job2", job.getName());
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=NoSuchJobException.class)
+	public void testNoJobFound() throws Exception{
+		
+		List<Resource> jobPaths = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+		jobPaths.add(new ClassPathResource("org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment.xml"));
+		registry = new ClassPathXmlJobRegistry(jobPaths);
+		GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		applicationContext.refresh();
+		registry.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+		registry.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=DuplicateJobException.class)
+	public void testDuplicateJobsInFile() throws Exception{
+		
+		List<Resource> jobPaths = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+		jobPaths.add(new ClassPathResource("org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/2jobs.xml"));
+		registry = new ClassPathXmlJobRegistry(jobPaths);
+		GenericApplicationContext applicationContext = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		applicationContext.refresh();
+		registry.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+		registry.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/2jobs.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/2jobs.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/2jobs.xml
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+<?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">
+
+	<bean id="test-job"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.core.job.SimpleJob">
+		<property name="jobRepository">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1"
+				class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleStepFactoryBean">
+				<property name="itemReader">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemReader">
+						<constructor-arg value="foo,bar,spam" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="itemWriter">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.EmptyItemWriter" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="jobRepository">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="transactionManager">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="test-job2" 
+		class="org.springframework.batch.core.job.SimpleJob">
+		<property name="jobRepository">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step2"
+				class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleStepFactoryBean">
+				<property name="itemReader">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemReader">
+						<constructor-arg value="foo,bar,spam" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="itemWriter">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.EmptyItemWriter" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="jobRepository">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="transactionManager">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/job2.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/job2.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/job2.xml
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+<?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">
+
+	<bean id="test-job2"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.core.job.SimpleJob">
+		<property name="jobRepository">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1"
+				class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleStepFactoryBean">
+				<property name="itemReader">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemReader">
+						<constructor-arg value="foo,bar,spam" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="itemWriter">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.EmptyItemWriter" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="jobRepository">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.JobRepositorySupport" />
+				</property>
+				<property name="transactionManager">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>