diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
index dd95a7479..602a737ec 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beansProjectDescription>
 	<version>1</version>
-	<pluginVersion><![CDATA[2.0.3.v200802061800]]></pluginVersion>
+	<pluginVersion><![CDATA[2.0.2.v200712142013]]></pluginVersion>
 	<configSuffixes>
 		<configSuffix><![CDATA[xml]]></configSuffix>
 	</configSuffixes>
-	<enableImports><![CDATA[false]]></enableImports>
 	<configs>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/fixedLengthImportJob.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineJob.xml</config>
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderInputTokenizers.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml</config>
+		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/taskletJob.xml</config>
 	</configs>
 	<configSets>
 		<configSet>
@@ -282,5 +282,16 @@
 				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml</config>
 			</configs>
 		</configSet>
+		<configSet>
+			<name><![CDATA[tasklet]]></name>
+			<allowBeanDefinitionOverriding>true</allowBeanDefinitionOverriding>
+			<incomplete>false</incomplete>
+			<configs>
+				<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context.xml</config>
+				<config>src/main/resources/data-source-context-init.xml</config>
+				<config>src/main/resources/jobs/taskletJob.xml</config>
+				<config>src/main/resources/simple-job-launcher-context.xml</config>
+			</configs>
+		</configSet>
 	</configSets>
 </beansProjectDescription>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/tasklet/FileDeletingTasklet.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/tasklet/FileDeletingTasklet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2affdd502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/tasklet/FileDeletingTasklet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.sample.tasklet;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.UnexpectedJobExecutionException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Deletes files in given directory. Ignores subdirectories. Fails (by throwing
+ * exception) if any of the files could not be deleted.
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Kasanicky
+ */
+public class FileDeletingTasklet implements Tasklet, InitializingBean {
+
+	private Resource directory;
+
+	public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
+		File dir = directory.getFile();
+		Assert.state(dir.isDirectory());
+
+		File[] files = dir.listFiles();
+		for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+			boolean deleted = files[i].delete();
+			if (!deleted) {
+				throw new UnexpectedJobExecutionException("Could not delete file " + files[i].getPath());
+			}
+		}
+		return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
+	}
+
+	public void setDirectoryResource(Resource directory) {
+		this.directory = directory;
+	}
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(directory, "directory must be set");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/taskletJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/taskletJob.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38c5c2414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/taskletJob.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?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">
+
+	<description>
+		Deletes files in given directory - TaskletStep is used as this
+		is the kind of task that is not natural to split into read and
+		write. In this case the step is wrapped in a standalone job,
+		however typically it would be a setup step in a multi-step job.
+	</description>
+
+	<bean id="taskletJob" parent="simpleJob">
+		<property name="steps">
+			<bean id="deleteFilesInDir" parent="taskletStep">
+				<property name="tasklet">
+					<bean
+						class="org.springframework.batch.sample.tasklet.FileDeletingTasklet">
+						<property name="directoryResource"
+							ref="directory" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="directory"
+		class="org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource">
+		<constructor-arg value="target/test-outputs/test-dir" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c07a921a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.sample;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Deletes files in the given directory.
+ * 
+ * @author Robert Kasanicky
+ */
+public class TaskletJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherTests {
+
+	private Resource directory;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Setter for auto-injection.
+	 */ 
+	public void setDirectory(Resource directory) {
+		this.directory = directory;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create the directory and some files in it.
+	 */
+	protected void onSetUp() throws Exception {
+		File dir = directory.getFile();
+		dir.mkdirs();
+		new File(dir, "file1").createNewFile();
+		new File(dir, "file2").createNewFile();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * We have directory with some files in it.
+	 */
+	protected void validatePreConditions() throws Exception {
+		Assert.state(directory.getFile().isDirectory());
+		Assert.state(directory.getFile().listFiles().length > 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Directory still exists but contains no files.
+	 */
+	protected void validatePostConditions() throws Exception {
+		Assert.state(directory.getFile().isDirectory());
+		Assert.state(directory.getFile().listFiles().length == 0);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71285d6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/TaskletJobFunctionalTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<import resource="classpath:/simple-job-launcher-context.xml" />
+	<import resource="classpath:/jobs/taskletJob.xml" />
+
+</beans>
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