diff --git a/archetypes/common-test.xml b/archetypes/common-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc38edb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/common-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- This file is imported in the archetype pom.xml files for integration tests -->
+<project name="common-test" default="test">
+
+    <property name="version" value="${version}"/>
+    <property name="archetype" value="${archetype}"/>
+    <property name="test.dir" value="${basedir}/target/test-archetype"/>
+
+    <target name="test" description="Tests that 'mvn integration-test' works with archetype">
+        <echo message="Creating archetype '${archetype}', version '${version}'"/>
+        <test archetype="${archetype}" version="${version}"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <macrodef name="test">
+        <attribute name="archetype"/>
+        <attribute name="version"/>
+        
+        <sequential>
+            <delete dir="${test.dir}"/>
+            <mkdir dir="${test.dir}"/>
+            <maven dir="${basedir}" command="install -Dmaven.test.skip=true"/>
+            <maven dir="${test.dir}" archetype="@{archetype}" version="@{version}" />
+            <maven dir="${test.dir}/test" command="clean package exec:exec"/>
+        </sequential>
+    </macrodef>
+    
+    <macrodef name="maven">
+        <attribute name="dir"/>
+        <attribute name="name" default=""/>
+        <attribute name="archetype" default=""/>
+        <attribute name="version" default=""/>
+        <attribute name="command" default="-e archetype:create -DarchetypeGroupId=org.springframework.batch -DarchetypeArtifactId=@{archetype} -DarchetypeVersion=@{version} -DgroupId=com.foo -DartifactId=test"/>
+        
+        <sequential>
+            <exec dir="@{dir}" executable="mvn.bat" os="Windows XP" failonerror="true">
+                <arg line="@{command}"/>
+            </exec>
+            <exec dir="@{dir}" executable="mvn" os="Mac OS X" failonerror="true">
+                <arg line="@{command}"/>
+            </exec>
+            <exec dir="@{dir}" executable="mvn" os="Linux" failonerror="true">
+                <arg line="@{command}"/>
+            </exec>
+        </sequential>
+    </macrodef>
+    
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/pom.xml b/archetypes/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6acb979a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>spring-batch-archetypes</artifactId>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>Samples-Archetypes-Parent</name>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-batch</artifactId>
+		<version>1.1.0.DEV-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+	<modules>
+		<module>simple-cli</module>
+	</modules>
+
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>Codehaus</id>
+			<url>http://repository.codehaus.org/</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.classpath b/archetypes/simple-cli/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1205a46dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/resources"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/java"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.devzuz.q.maven.jdt.core.mavenClasspathContainer"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.project b/archetypes/simple-cli/.project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75e326eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>simple-cli-archetype</name>
+	<comment>This plugin is an archetype that creates a command line batch sample from
+      Spring Batch.  Once installed you can create the archetype project
+      using&lt;br/&gt;
+&lt;pre&gt;
+$ mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=com.mycompany -DartifactId=batch \
+  -DarchetypeGroupId=org.springframework.batch \
+  -DarchetypeArtifactId=spring-batch-cli -DarchetypeVersion=1.0-m3-SNAPSHOT
+&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
+      Then you should be able to &quot;cd batch; mvn package exec:exec&quot;, and see the 
+      app run.</comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.devzuz.q.maven.jdt.core.mavenIncrementalBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.devzuz.q.maven.jdt.core.mavenNature</nature>
+	</natures>
+	<linkedResources>
+		<link>
+			<name>archetypes-pom.xml</name>
+			<type>1</type>
+			<location>C:/Dave/Spring/spring-batch/trunk/archetypes/pom.xml</location>
+		</link>
+	</linkedResources>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2c78e914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#Thu Jan 03 08:57:40 GMT 2008
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.2
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.4
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.3
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.prefs b/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74aada58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/.settings/org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#Thu Jun 19 11:05:13 BST 2008
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.builders.enable.aopreferencemodelbuilder=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.builders.enable.beanmetadatabuilder=false
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.builders.enable.osgibundleupdater=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.enable.project.preferences=false
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.applicationSymbolicNameRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.applicationVersionRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleActivationPolicyRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleActivatorRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleManifestVersionRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleNameRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleSymbolicNameRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.bundleVersionRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.exportPackageRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.importRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.parsingProblemsRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.requireBundleRule-com.springsource.platform.ide.manifest.core.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.AvoidDriverManagerDataSource-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.ImportElementsAtTopRulee-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.ParentBeanSpecifiesAbstractClassRule-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.RefElementRule-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.TooManyBeansInFileRule-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.UnnecessaryValueElementRule-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.UseBeanInheritance-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.importPackageVersionRule-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.manifestvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.legacyxmlusage.jndiobjectfactory-com.springsource.sts.bestpractices.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanAlias-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanClass-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanConstructorArgument-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanDefinition-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanDefinitionHolder-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanFactory-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanInitDestroyMethod-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanProperty-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beanReference-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.methodOverride-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.parsingProblems-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.requiredProperty-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.beansvalidator=false
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springClasspath-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springvalidator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.action-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.actionstate-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.attribute-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.attributemapper-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.beanaction-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.evaluationaction-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.evaluationresult-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.exceptionhandler-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.import-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.inputattribute-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.mapping-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.outputattribute-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.set-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.state-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.subflowstate-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.transition-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.variable-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
+org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validator.rule.enable.org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validation.webflowstate-org.springframework.ide.eclipse.webflow.core.validator=true
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/.springBeans b/archetypes/simple-cli/.springBeans
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84232256b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/.springBeans
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beansProjectDescription>
+	<version>1</version>
+	<pluginVersion><![CDATA[2.1.0.v200806081427]]></pluginVersion>
+	<configSuffixes>
+		<configSuffix><![CDATA[xml]]></configSuffix>
+	</configSuffixes>
+	<enableImports><![CDATA[false]]></enableImports>
+	<configs>
+		<config>src/main/resources/example/simpleJob.xml</config>
+	</configs>
+	<configSets>
+	</configSets>
+</beansProjectDescription>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d2cd3bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<artifactId>simple-cli-archetype</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>Spring Batch Simple Commandline-Archetype</name>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-batch-archetypes</artifactId>
+		<version>1.1.0.DEV-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+
+
+	<description>
+		<![CDATA[
+      This project is a minimal command line batch sample from
+      Spring Batch.  Once installed you can use "mvn exec:exec" to 
+      see the job run.
+    ]]>
+	</description>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-batch-samples</artifactId>
+			<version>${pom.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.1</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+			<version>1.8.0.7</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>aspectj</groupId>
+			<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
+			<version>1.5.3</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<!--forkMode>pertest</forkMode-->
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*Tests.java</include>
+					</includes>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/Abstract*.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>integration-test</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>exec</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<executable>java</executable>
+					<arguments>
+						<argument>-classpath</argument>
+						<!-- automatically creates the classpath using all project dependencies, 
+							also adding the project build directory -->
+						<classpath />
+						<argument>org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner</argument>
+						<!-- job configuration file -->
+						<argument>example/simpleJob.xml</argument>
+						<!-- job name -->
+						<argument>job1</argument>
+					</arguments>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemReader.java b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d74960064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package example;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.AbstractItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+
+/**
+ * {@link ItemReader} with hard-coded input data.
+ */
+public class ExampleItemReader extends AbstractItemReader {
+	
+	private String[] input = {"Hello world!", null};
+	
+	private int index = 0;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Reads next record from input
+	 */
+	public Object read() throws Exception {
+		return input[index++];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemWriter.java b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83fbc47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/java/example/ExampleItemWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package example;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.AbstractItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
+
+
+/**
+ * Dummy {@link ItemWriter} which only logs data it receives.
+ */
+public class ExampleItemWriter extends AbstractItemWriter {
+
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ExampleItemWriterTests.class);
+	
+	/**
+	 * @see ItemWriter#write(Object)
+	 */
+	public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
+		log.info(data);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4e0730cb
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+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml
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+<?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: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">
+
+	<!--  Initialise the database before every test case: -->
+	<import resource="data-source-context-init.xml" />
+	<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
+		<property name="driverClassName" value="${batch.jdbc.driver}" />
+		<property name="url" value="${batch.jdbc.url}" />
+		<property name="username" value="${batch.jdbc.user}" />
+		<property name="password" value="${batch.jdbc.password}" />
+	</bean>
+	<bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager" lazy-init="true">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+	<!-- Set up or detect a System property called "environment" used to construct a properties file on the classpath.  The default is "hsql".  -->
+	<bean id="environment" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
+		<property name="targetClass" value="java.lang.System" />
+		<property name="targetMethod" value="setProperty" />
+		<property name="arguments">
+			<list>
+				<value>environment</value>
+				<bean class="java.lang.System" factory-method="getProperty">
+					<constructor-arg>
+						<value>environment</value>
+					</constructor-arg>
+					<!-- The default value of the environment property -->
+					<constructor-arg>
+						<value>hsql</value>
+					</constructor-arg>
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<!--  Use this to set additional properties on beans at run time -->
+	<bean id="overrideProperties" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyOverrideConfigurer"
+		depends-on="environment">
+		<property name="location" value="classpath:batch-${environment}.properties" />
+		<!-- Allow system properties (-D) to override those from file -->
+		<property name="localOverride" value="true" />
+		<property name="properties">
+			<bean class="java.lang.System" factory-method="getProperties" />
+		</property>
+		<property name="ignoreInvalidKeys" value="true" />
+		<property name="order" value="2" />
+	</bean>
+	<bean id="placeholderProperties" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"
+		depends-on="environment">
+		<property name="location" value="classpath:batch-${environment}.properties" />
+		<property name="systemPropertiesModeName" value="SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_OVERRIDE" />
+		<property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true" />
+		<property name="order" value="1" />
+	</bean>
+	<bean id="lobHandler" class="${batch.lob.handler.class}" />
+	<bean id="incrementerParent" class="${batch.database.incrementer.class}">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="incrementerName" value="ID" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<!--import resource="alt-data-source-context.xml" /-->
+</beans>
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diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/example/simpleJob.xml b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/example/simpleJob.xml
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index 000000000..b1003f215
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+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/example/simpleJob.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?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-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<description>Example job to get you started. It provides a skeleton for a typical batch application.</description>
+	
+	<import resource="classpath:/simple-job-launcher-context.xml"/>
+
+	<bean id="job1" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="steps">
+			<list>
+				<bean id="step1" parent="simpleStep">
+					<property name="itemReader">
+						<bean class="example.ExampleItemReader" />
+					</property>
+					<property name="itemWriter">
+						<bean class="example.ExampleItemWriter" />
+					</property>
+				</bean>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d5422d74
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+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
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+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
+
+log4j.category.org.apache.activemq=ERROR
+log4j.category.org.springframework.batch=DEBUG
+log4j.category.org.springframework.transaction=INFO
+
+log4j.category.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
+# for debugging datasource initialization
+# log4j.category.test.jdbc=DEBUG
diff --git a/archetypes/simple-cli/src/test/java/test/jdbc/datasource/InitializingDataSourceFactoryBean.java b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/test/java/test/jdbc/datasource/InitializingDataSourceFactoryBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5e410af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/simple-cli/src/test/java/test/jdbc/datasource/InitializingDataSourceFactoryBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * 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 test.jdbc.datasource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AbstractFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionCallback;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+public class InitializingDataSourceFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean {
+
+	private Resource[] initScripts;
+
+	private Resource destroyScript;
+
+	DataSource dataSource;
+
+	private static boolean initialized = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * @throws Throwable
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#finalize()
+	 */
+	protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
+		super.finalize();
+		initialized = false;
+		logger.debug("finalize called");
+	}
+
+	protected void destroyInstance(Object instance) throws Exception {
+		try {
+			doExecuteScript(destroyScript);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn("Could not execute destroy script [" + destroyScript + "]", e);
+			}
+			else {
+				logger.warn("Could not execute destroy script [" + destroyScript + "]");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(dataSource);
+		super.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+
+	protected Object createInstance() throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(dataSource);
+		if (!initialized) {
+			try {
+				doExecuteScript(destroyScript);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.debug("Could not execute destroy script [" + destroyScript + "]", e);
+			}
+			if (initScripts != null) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < initScripts.length; i++) {
+					Resource initScript = initScripts[i];
+					doExecuteScript(initScript);
+				}
+			}
+			initialized = true;
+		}
+		return dataSource;
+	}
+
+	private void doExecuteScript(final Resource scriptResource) {
+		if (scriptResource == null || !scriptResource.exists())
+			return;
+		TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(new DataSourceTransactionManager(dataSource));
+		transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback() {
+
+			public Object doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
+				JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+				String[] scripts;
+				try {
+					scripts = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(stripComments(IOUtils.readLines(scriptResource
+							.getInputStream())), ";");
+				}
+				catch (IOException e) {
+					throw new BeanInitializationException("Cannot load script from [" + scriptResource + "]", e);
+				}
+				for (int i = 0; i < scripts.length; i++) {
+					String script = scripts[i].trim();
+					if (StringUtils.hasText(script)) {
+						jdbcTemplate.execute(scripts[i]);
+					}
+				}
+				return null;
+			}
+
+		});
+
+	}
+
+	private String stripComments(List list) {
+		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+		for (Iterator iter = list.iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+			String line = (String) iter.next();
+			if (!line.startsWith("//") && !line.startsWith("--")) {
+				buffer.append(line + "\n");
+			}
+		}
+		return buffer.toString();
+	}
+
+	public Class getObjectType() {
+		return DataSource.class;
+	}
+
+	public void setInitScripts(Resource[] initScripts) {
+		this.initScripts = initScripts;
+	}
+
+	public void setDestroyScript(Resource destroyScript) {
+		this.destroyScript = destroyScript;
+	}
+
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		this.dataSource = dataSource;
+	}
+
+}