From 6f75f9990393a960d911e99e7a5e167b39f8e3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dsyer <dsyer@2e8e966d-6415-0410-94b9-dc4e65435d03>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:16:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed all but restart sample (left unscoped file input).  But
 see SPR-3804 for problems that have to be worked around.

Open: BATCH-114: Samples broken when input/output sources have step scope (http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring-17738)
---
 .../jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml       | 266 +++++++++---------
 .../jobs/compositeProcessorSample.xml         |   4 +-
 .../resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml   | 178 ++++++------
 .../src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml  | 154 +++++-----
 .../main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml  |  47 ++--
 .../src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml | 168 +++++------
 .../main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml  | 146 +++++-----
 samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml  | 234 ++++++++-------
 .../src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml    | 108 +++----
 samples/src/main/resources/jobs/xmlJob.xml    | 235 ++++++++--------
 .../FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests.java  |   2 -
 11 files changed, 801 insertions(+), 741 deletions(-)

diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
index a7ef5c296..952e3caa7 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob.xml
@@ -1,131 +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">
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
- 
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob" p:name="beanWrapperMapperSampleJob">
-		<property name="steps">
-			<list>
-				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean
-							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-							<property name="itemProvider">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
-									<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
-									<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
-									<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-							<property name="itemProcessor">
-								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
-									<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-				</bean>
-				<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean
-							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-							<property name="itemProvider">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
-									<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate2" />
-									<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper2" />
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-							<property name="itemProcessor">
-								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.PersonProcessor" />
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-				</bean>
-				
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
-
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator2" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor2" />
-<!--		<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />-->
-	</bean>
-
-	<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" />
-	</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" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
-		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-					]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="fileLocator2" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportPersonDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.mapping.BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper">
-		<property name="prototypeBeanName" value="trade"/>
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="fieldSetMapper2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.mapping.BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper">
-		<property name="prototypeBeanName" value="person"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="trade" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Trade" scope="prototype"/>
-
-	<bean id="person" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Person" scope="prototype"/>
-
-</beans>
+<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+ 
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob" p:name="beanWrapperMapperSampleJob">
+		<property name="steps">
+			<list>
+				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+					<constructor-arg>
+						<bean
+							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+							<property name="itemProvider">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
+									<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
+									<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
+									<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+							<property name="itemProcessor">
+								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
+									<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+						</bean>
+					</constructor-arg>
+				</bean>
+				<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
+					<constructor-arg>
+						<bean
+							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+							<property name="itemProvider">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
+									<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate2" />
+									<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper2" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+							<property name="itemProcessor">
+								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.PersonProcessor" />
+							</property>
+						</bean>
+					</constructor-arg>
+				</bean>
+				
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
+
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		scope="step" >
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator2" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor2" />
+<!--		<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />-->
+	</bean>
+
+	<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" />
+	</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" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
+		<property name="validator">
+			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
+				<property name="valang">
+					<value>
+						<![CDATA[
+						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
+					]]>
+					</value>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+
+
+	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="fileLocator2" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/beanWrapperMapperSampleJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportPersonDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.mapping.BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper">
+		<property name="prototypeBeanName" value="trade"/>
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="fieldSetMapper2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.mapping.BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper">
+		<property name="prototypeBeanName" value="person"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="trade" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Trade" scope="prototype"/>
+
+	<bean id="person" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Person" scope="prototype"/>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSample.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSample.xml
index 447f9fff2..0e8c04a66 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSample.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/compositeProcessorSample.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 
 	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
 
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
 		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
 		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
 	</bean>
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
index 008390d72..9609029c4 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml
@@ -1,85 +1,95 @@
-<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="name" value="fixedLengthImportJob" />
-		<property name="steps">
-			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-				<constructor-arg>   
-					<bean
-						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-						<property name="itemProvider">
-							<bean
-								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
-								<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
-								<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
-								<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-						<property name="itemProcessor">
-							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
-								<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-					</bean>
-				</constructor-arg>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
-
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<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" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
-		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-					]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/fixedLengthImportJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-
+<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="name" value="fixedLengthImportJob" />
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+				<constructor-arg>   
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+						<property name="itemProvider">
+							<bean
+								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
+								<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
+								<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
+								<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+						<property name="itemProcessor">
+							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
+								<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+					</bean>
+				</constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
+
+	<bean id="abstractInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		abstract="true">
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- TODO: refactor this to use aop:scoped-proxy when SPR-3804 is fixed -->
+	<bean id="scopedInputTemplate" parent="abstractInputTemplate" autowire-candidate="false" scope="step"/>
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyFactoryBean" autowire-candidate="false">
+		<property name="proxyTargetClass" value="true"/>
+		<property name="targetBeanName" value="scopedInputTemplate"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testInputTemplate" parent="abstractInputTemplate"/>
+
+	<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" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
+		<property name="validator">
+			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
+				<property name="valang">
+					<value>
+						<![CDATA[
+						{ isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
+					]]>
+					</value>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+
+
+	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/fixedLengthImportJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
index f7d42ccd8..e11e323c1 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml
@@ -1,76 +1,80 @@
-<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	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">
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="name" value="multilineJob" />
-		<property name="steps">
-			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-				<constructor-arg>
-					<bean
-						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-						<property name="itemProvider">
-							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.CollectionItemProvider">
-								<property name="inputSource" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
-								<property name="fieldSetMapper" ref="tradeLineMapper" />
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-						<property name="itemProcessor">
-							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.DefaultFlatFileProcessor">
-								<property name="flatFileOutputSource">
-									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource" >
-										<property name="resource" value="file:20070122.testStream.multilineStep.txt" />
-									</bean>
-								</property>
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-					</bean>
-				</constructor-arg>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" value="classpath:data/multilineJob/input/20070122.teststream.multilineStep.txt" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
-		<!-- <property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" /> -->
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeLineMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-
-	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer">
-		<property name="tokenizers">
-			<map>
-				<entry key="BEGIN" value-ref="beginRecordDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="END" value-ref="endRecordDescriptor" />
-				<entry key="" value-ref="tradeRecordDescriptor" />
-			</map>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="beginRecordDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
-		<property name="lengths" value="5" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="endRecordDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
-		<property name="lengths" value="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" />
-	</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"
+	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	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">
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="name" value="multilineJob" />
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+				<constructor-arg>
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+						<property name="itemProvider">
+							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.CollectionItemProvider">
+								<property name="inputSource" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
+								<property name="fieldSetMapper" ref="tradeLineMapper" />
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+						<property name="itemProcessor">
+							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.DefaultFlatFileProcessor">
+								<property name="flatFileOutputSource">
+									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource"
+										scope="step" >
+										<aop:scoped-proxy />
+										<property name="resource" value="file:20070122.testStream.multilineStep.txt" />
+									</bean>
+								</property>
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+					</bean>
+				</constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" value="classpath:data/multilineJob/input/20070122.teststream.multilineStep.txt" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
+		<!-- <property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" /> -->
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeLineMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+
+	<bean id="fixedFileDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer">
+		<property name="tokenizers">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="BEGIN" value-ref="beginRecordDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="END" value-ref="endRecordDescriptor" />
+				<entry key="" value-ref="tradeRecordDescriptor" />
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="beginRecordDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
+		<property name="lengths" value="5" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="endRecordDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthTokenizer">
+		<property name="lengths" value="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" />
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml
index cfe6ab842..b2bdc7f58 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderIo.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,28 @@
-<?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"
-		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
-       	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileInputLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="orderFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="flatFileOutputSource" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileOutputLocator" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="delimitedLineAggregator" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer" />
-
-	<bean id="fixedLineAggregator" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator" />
-	
+<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+		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">
+
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileInputLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="orderFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="flatFileOutputSource" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource"
+		scope="step" >
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileOutputLocator" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="delimitedLineAggregator" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer" />
+
+	<bean id="fixedLineAggregator" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator" />
+	
 </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 9fb23dc62..9bf6d3f76 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/restartSample.xml
@@ -1,85 +1,85 @@
-<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob" p:name="restartSample">
-		<property name="steps">
-			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-				<constructor-arg>
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.ExceptionRestartableTasklet">
-						<property name="itemProvider">
-							<bean
-								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
-								<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
-								<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
-								<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-						<property name="itemProcessor">
-							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
-								<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-					</bean>
-				</constructor-arg>
-				<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-
-
-	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
-
-	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<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" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
-		<property name="validator">
-			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-										      { isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-										    ]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/fixedLengthImportJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-
-
+<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob" p:name="restartSample">
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+				<property name="tasklet">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.ExceptionRestartableTasklet">
+						<property name="itemProvider">
+							<bean
+								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
+								<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
+								<property name="mapper" ref="fieldSetMapper" />
+								<property name="validator" ref="fixedValidator" />
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+						<property name="itemProcessor">
+							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor">
+								<property name="writer" ref="tradeDao" />
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+
+
+	<!-- INFRASTRUCTURE SETUP -->
+
+	<bean id="fileInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<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" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fixedValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
+		<property name="validator">
+			<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
+				<property name="valang">
+					<value>
+						<![CDATA[
+										      { isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
+										    ]]>
+					</value>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/fixedLengthImportJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fieldSetMapper" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
index 5ce5822f5..c3bf25599 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/simpleTaskletJob.xml
@@ -1,69 +1,79 @@
-<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	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">
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="name" value="simpleTaskletJob" />
-		<property name="steps">
-			<list>
-				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean id="tradeTasklet" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.SimpleTradeTasklet">
-							<property name="inputSource" ref="fileInputSource" />
-							<property name="tradeDao" ref="tradeDao" />
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-					<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
-				</bean>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-
-
-	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
-		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileInputSource" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<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" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/simpleTaskletJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-	
-	<bean id="tradeLogAdvice" 
-	 	class="org.springframework.batch.sample.advice.TradeWriterLogAdvice" /> 
-	 
-	<aop:config>
-		<aop:aspect id="tradeWriterLogging" ref="tradeLogAdvice">
-		   
-		    <aop:after
-		      pointcut="execution( * org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.TradeWriter+.writeTrade(org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Trade)) and args(trade)"
-		      method="doBasicLogging" />
-		      
-		</aop:aspect>
-	</aop:config>
-
+<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	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">
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="name" value="simpleTaskletJob" />
+		<property name="steps">
+			<list>
+				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+					<constructor-arg>
+						<bean id="tradeTasklet" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.SimpleTradeTasklet">
+							<property name="inputSource" ref="fileInputSource" />
+							<property name="tradeDao" ref="tradeDao" />
+						</bean>
+					</constructor-arg>
+					<property name="commitInterval" value="2" />
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+
+
+	<bean id="tradeDao" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter">
+		<property name="jdbcTemplate" ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="abstractInputTemplate" class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource"
+		abstract="true">
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="fixedFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<!-- TODO: refactor this to use aop:scoped-proxy when SPR-3804 is fixed -->
+	<bean id="scopedInputTemplate" parent="abstractInputTemplate" autowire-candidate="false" scope="step"/>
+	<bean id="fileInputSource" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyFactoryBean" autowire-candidate="false">
+		<property name="proxyTargetClass" value="true"/>
+		<property name="targetBeanName" value="scopedInputTemplate"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testInputTemplate" parent="abstractInputTemplate"/>
+
+	<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" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/simpleTaskletJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="tradeLogAdvice" 
+	 	class="org.springframework.batch.sample.advice.TradeWriterLogAdvice" /> 
+	 
+	<aop:config>
+		<aop:aspect id="tradeWriterLogging" ref="tradeLogAdvice">
+		   
+		    <aop:after
+		      pointcut="execution( * org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.TradeWriter+.writeTrade(org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.Trade)) and args(trade)"
+		      method="doBasicLogging" />
+		      
+		</aop:aspect>
+	</aop:config>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
index e8645d7f3..cec0aeb0d 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJob.xml
@@ -1,108 +1,128 @@
-<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	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">
-
-	<import resource="tradeJobIo.xml" />
-	<!--import resource="tradeJobAop.xml" /-->
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="name" value="tradeJob" />
-		<property name="steps">
-			<list>
-				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-							<property name="itemProvider">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
-									<property name="source" ref="fileInputTemplate" />
-									<property name="mapper">
-										<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-									</property>
-									<property name="validator" ref="tradeValidator" />
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-							<property name="itemProcessor">
-								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor"
-									p:writer-ref="tradeDao" />
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-				</bean>
-				<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-							<property name="itemProvider">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
-									<property name="inputSource">
-										<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.sql.SqlCursorInputSource">
-											<constructor-arg>
-												<ref bean="dataSource" />
-											</constructor-arg>
-											<property name="sql"
-												value="SELECT id, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
-											<property name="mapper">
-												<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeRowMapper" />
-											</property>
-										</bean>
-									</property>
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-							<property name="itemProcessor">
-								<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.CustomerUpdateProcessor"
-									p:dao-ref="customerDao" />
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-				</bean>
-				<bean id="step3" parent="simpleStep">
-					<constructor-arg>
-						<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-							<property name="itemProvider">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
-									<property name="inputSource">
-										<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.sql.SqlCursorInputSource">
-											<constructor-arg>
-												<ref bean="dataSource" />
-											</constructor-arg>
-											<property name="sql" value="SELECT id, name, credit FROM customer " />
-											<property name="mapper">
-												<bean
-													class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
-											</property>
-										</bean>
-									</property>
-								</bean>
-							</property>
-							<property name="itemProcessor">
-								<bean
-									class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.CustomerCreditUpdateProcessor"
-									p:writer-ref="customerReportOutputSource" />
-							</property>
-						</bean>
-					</constructor-arg>
-				</bean>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="fileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
-			value="data/tradeJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="customerFileLocator" class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
-		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String" value="20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt" />
-	</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"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	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">
+
+	<import resource="tradeJobIo.xml" />
+	<!--import resource="tradeJobAop.xml" /-->
+
+	<bean
+		class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry"
+			ref="jobConfigurationRegistry" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="name" value="tradeJob" />
+		<property name="steps">
+			<list>
+				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+					<property name="tasklet">
+						<bean
+							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+							<property name="itemProvider">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.FlatFileItemProvider">
+									<property name="source"
+										ref="fileInputTemplate" />
+									<property name="mapper">
+										<bean
+											class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+									</property>
+									<property name="validator"
+										ref="tradeValidator" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+							<property name="itemProcessor">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.TradeProcessor"
+									p:writer-ref="tradeDao" />
+							</property>
+						</bean>
+					</property>
+				</bean>
+				<bean id="step2" parent="simpleStep">
+					<property name="tasklet">
+						<bean
+							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+							<property name="itemProvider">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
+									<property name="inputSource"
+										ref="tradeSqlInputSOurce" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+							<property name="itemProcessor">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.CustomerUpdateProcessor"
+									p:dao-ref="customerDao" />
+							</property>
+						</bean>
+					</property>
+				</bean>
+				<bean id="step3" parent="simpleStep">
+					<property name="tasklet">
+						<bean
+							class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+							<property name="itemProvider">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
+									<property name="inputSource" ref="customerSqlInputSource" />
+								</bean>
+							</property>
+							<property name="itemProcessor">
+								<bean
+									class="org.springframework.batch.sample.module.process.CustomerCreditUpdateProcessor"
+									p:writer-ref="customerReportOutputSource" />
+							</property>
+						</bean>
+					</property>
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeSqlInputSOurce"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.sql.SqlCursorInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="sql"
+			value="SELECT id, quantity, price, customer from TRADE" />
+		<property name="mapper">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.TradeRowMapper" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+
+	<bean id="customerSqlInputSource" class="org.springframework.batch.io.sql.SqlCursorInputSource"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="sql"
+			value="SELECT id, name, credit FROM customer " />
+		<property name="mapper">
+			<bean
+				class="org.springframework.batch.sample.mapping.CustomerCreditRowMapper" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="fileLocator"
+		class="org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="data/tradeJob/input/20070122.teststream.ImportTradeDataStep.txt" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="customerFileLocator"
+		class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"
+			value="20070122.testStream.CustomerReportStep.TEMP.txt" />
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml
index 8c13c6074..fcd756623 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/tradeJobIo.xml
@@ -1,52 +1,56 @@
-<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-	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">
-
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter" id="tradeDao"
-		p:jdbcTemplate-ref="jdbcTemplate">
-		<property name="incrementer">
-			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcCustomerDebitWriter" id="customerDao" p:jdbcTemplate-ref="jdbcTemplate" />
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.FlatFileCustomerCreditWriter" id="customerReportOutputSource"
-		p:outputSource-ref="customerFlatFileOutputSource" />
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource" id="customerFlatFileOutputSource">
-		<property name="resource" ref="customerFileLocator" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource" id="fileInputTemplate">
-		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
-		<property name="tokenizer" ref="tradeFileDescriptor" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeFileDescriptor"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
-		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
-		<property name="validator">
-			<bean class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
-				<property name="valang">
-					<value>
-						<![CDATA[
-										      { isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
-										    ]]>
-					</value>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-</beans>
+<?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:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	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">
+
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcTradeWriter" id="tradeDao"
+		p:jdbcTemplate-ref="jdbcTemplate">
+		<property name="incrementer">
+			<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+				<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.JdbcCustomerDebitWriter" id="customerDao" p:jdbcTemplate-ref="jdbcTemplate" />
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.dao.FlatFileCustomerCreditWriter" id="customerReportOutputSource"
+		p:outputSource-ref="customerFlatFileOutputSource" />
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.FlatFileOutputSource" id="customerFlatFileOutputSource"
+		scope="step" >
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="customerFileLocator" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.DefaultFlatFileInputSource" id="fileInputTemplate"
+		scope="step">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy />
+		<property name="resource" ref="fileLocator" />
+		<property name="tokenizer" ref="tradeFileDescriptor" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeFileDescriptor"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+		<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeValidator" class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.SpringValidator">
+		<property name="validator">
+			<bean class="org.springmodules.validation.valang.ValangValidator">
+				<property name="valang">
+					<value>
+						<![CDATA[
+										      { isin : length(?) < 13 : 'ISIN too long' : 'isin_length' : 12}
+										    ]]>
+					</value>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/xmlJob.xml b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/xmlJob.xml
index 601383a69..4d7e84f51 100644
--- a/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/xmlJob.xml
+++ b/samples/src/main/resources/jobs/xmlJob.xml
@@ -1,118 +1,119 @@
-<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
-		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
-		<property name="name" value="xmlJob" />
-		<property name="steps">
-			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
-				<constructor-arg>
-					<bean
-						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
-						<property name="itemProvider">
-							<bean
-								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
-								<property name="inputSource">
-									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.XmlInputSource">
-										<property name="name" value="XmlFileInputSource" />
-										<property name="resource"
-											value="data/xmlJob/input/20070122.testStream.xmlFileStep.xml" />
-										<property name="validating" value="true" />
-										<property name="inputFactory">
-											<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamFactory">
-												<property name="config" ref="streamConfig2" />
-											</bean>
-										</property>
-									</bean>
-								</property>
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-						<property name="itemProcessor">
-							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.processor.OutputSourceItemProcessor">
-								<property name="outputSource">
-									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.XmlOutputSource" scope="step">
-										<aop:scoped-proxy/>
-										<property name="name" value="XmlFileOutputSource" />
-										<property name="resource" value="file:20070122.testStream.xmlFileStep.xml" />
-										<property name="outputFactory">
-											<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamFactory">
-												<property name="config" ref="streamConfig" />
-											</bean>
-										</property>
-									</bean>
-								</property>
-							</bean>
-						</property>
-					</bean>
-				</constructor-arg>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="streamConfig" class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamConfigurationFactoryBean">
-		<property name="configFile" value="xstream-config.xml" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="streamConfig2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamConfiguration">
-		<property name="rootElementName" value="purchaseOrders" />
-		<property name="rootElementAttributes">
-			<map>
-				<entry key="xmlns" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
-				<entry key="xmlns:xsi" value="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
-				<entry key="xsi:schemaLocation" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders purchaseorders.xsd" />
-			</map>
-		</property>
-		<property name="fieldAliases">
-			<list>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.FieldAlias">
-					<property name="aliasName" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Customer" />
-					<property name="type" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
-					<property name="fieldName" value="customer" />
-				</bean>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.FieldAlias">
-					<property name="aliasName" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Shipper" />
-					<property name="type" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
-					<property name="fieldName" value="shiper" />
-				</bean>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-		<property name="mappings">
-			<list>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
-					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
-					<property name="localPart" value="order" />
-					<property name="prefix" value="" />
-					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
-				</bean>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
-					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
-					<property name="localPart" value="customer" />
-					<property name="prefix" value="" />
-					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Customer" />
-				</bean>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
-					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
-					<property name="localPart" value="shipper" />
-					<property name="prefix" value="" />
-					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Shipper" />
-				</bean>
-				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
-					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
-					<property name="localPart" value="lineItem" />
-					<property name="prefix" value="" />
-					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.LineItem" />
-				</bean>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
+<?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 class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.JobConfigurationRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobConfigurationRegistry" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="jobConfiguration" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="name" value="xmlJob" />
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+				<constructor-arg>
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet">
+						<property name="itemProvider">
+							<bean
+								class="org.springframework.batch.item.provider.InputSourceItemProvider">
+								<property name="inputSource">
+									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.XmlInputSource" scope="step">
+										<aop:scoped-proxy/>
+										<property name="name" value="XmlFileInputSource" />
+										<property name="resource"
+											value="data/xmlJob/input/20070122.testStream.xmlFileStep.xml" />
+										<property name="validating" value="true" />
+										<property name="inputFactory">
+											<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamFactory">
+												<property name="config" ref="streamConfig2" />
+											</bean>
+										</property>
+									</bean>
+								</property>
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+						<property name="itemProcessor">
+							<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.processor.OutputSourceItemProcessor">
+								<property name="outputSource">
+									<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.XmlOutputSource" scope="step">
+										<aop:scoped-proxy/>
+										<property name="name" value="XmlFileOutputSource" />
+										<property name="resource" value="file:20070122.testStream.xmlFileStep.xml" />
+										<property name="outputFactory">
+											<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamFactory">
+												<property name="config" ref="streamConfig" />
+											</bean>
+										</property>
+									</bean>
+								</property>
+							</bean>
+						</property>
+					</bean>
+				</constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="streamConfig" class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamConfigurationFactoryBean">
+		<property name="configFile" value="xstream-config.xml" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="streamConfig2" class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.XStreamConfiguration">
+		<property name="rootElementName" value="purchaseOrders" />
+		<property name="rootElementAttributes">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="xmlns" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
+				<entry key="xmlns:xsi" value="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" />
+				<entry key="xsi:schemaLocation" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders purchaseorders.xsd" />
+			</map>
+		</property>
+		<property name="fieldAliases">
+			<list>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.FieldAlias">
+					<property name="aliasName" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Customer" />
+					<property name="type" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
+					<property name="fieldName" value="customer" />
+				</bean>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.FieldAlias">
+					<property name="aliasName" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Shipper" />
+					<property name="type" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
+					<property name="fieldName" value="shiper" />
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+		<property name="mappings">
+			<list>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
+					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
+					<property name="localPart" value="order" />
+					<property name="prefix" value="" />
+					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Order" />
+				</bean>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
+					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
+					<property name="localPart" value="customer" />
+					<property name="prefix" value="" />
+					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Customer" />
+				</bean>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
+					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
+					<property name="localPart" value="shipper" />
+					<property name="prefix" value="" />
+					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.Shipper" />
+				</bean>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.batch.io.xml.xstream.Mapping">
+					<property name="namespaceURI" value="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" />
+					<property name="localPart" value="lineItem" />
+					<property name="prefix" value="" />
+					<property name="className" value="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.xml.LineItem" />
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests.java b/samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests.java
index a96e6f95a..b78b37d89 100644
--- a/samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ public class FixedLengthImportJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractLifecycleSpring
 	 */
 	protected void validatePostConditions() {
 		
-		//ensure the input source is starts from the beginning
-		inputSource.close();
 		inputSource.open();
 		
 		jdbcTemplate.query("SELECT ID, ISIN, QUANTITY, PRICE, CUSTOMER FROM trade ORDER BY id", new RowCallbackHandler() {