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+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.batch.sample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.jdbc.SimpleJdbcTestUtils;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/parallelJob.xml",
+		"/job-runner-context.xml" })
+public class ParallelJobFunctionalTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
+
+	private SimpleJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
+
+	@Autowired
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		jdbcTemplate = new SimpleJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLaunchJob() throws Exception {
+		int before = SimpleJdbcTestUtils.countRowsInTable(jdbcTemplate, "BATCH_STAGING");
+		JobExecution execution = jobLauncherTestUtils.launchJob();
+		int after = SimpleJdbcTestUtils.countRowsInTable(jdbcTemplate, "BATCH_STAGING");
+		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, execution.getStatus());
+		assertEquals(after - before, execution.getStepExecutions().iterator().next().getReadCount());
+	}
+
+}