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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2007 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.execution.repository;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JdbcJobExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JdbcJobInstanceDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JdbcStepExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JobExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JobInstanceDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.StepExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DB2SequenceMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.DerbyMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.HsqlMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.MySQLMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.OracleSequenceMaxValueIncrementer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.incrementer.PostgreSQLSequenceMaxValueIncrementer;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link FactoryBean} that automates the creation of a {@link SimpleJobRepository}.  Requires the user
+ * to describe what kind of database they are using.  Valid values are:
+ * 
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>db2</li>
+ * <li>derby</li>
+ * <li>hsql</li>
+ * <li>mysql</li>
+ * <li>oracle</li>
+ * <li>postgres</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * 
+ * @author Ben Hale
+ */
+public class SimpleJobRepositoryFactoryBean implements FactoryBean, InitializingBean {
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_DB2 = "db2";
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_DERBY = "derby";
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_HSQL = "hsql";
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_MYSQL = "mysql";
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_ORACLE = "oracle";
+
+	private static final String DB_TYPE_POSTGRES = "postgres";
+
+	private DataSource dataSource;
+
+	private String databaseType;
+
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		this.dataSource = dataSource;
+	}
+
+	public void setDatabaseType(String dbType) {
+		this.databaseType = dbType;
+	}
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		if (!DB_TYPE_DB2.equals(databaseType) && !DB_TYPE_DERBY.equals(databaseType)
+		        && !DB_TYPE_HSQL.equals(databaseType) && !DB_TYPE_MYSQL.equals(databaseType)
+		        && !DB_TYPE_ORACLE.equals(databaseType) && !DB_TYPE_POSTGRES.equals(databaseType)) {
+			throw new BeanCreationException(
+			        "Database type must be one of: 'db2', 'derby', 'hsql', 'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgres'");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Object getObject() throws Exception {
+		JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+		JobInstanceDao jobInstanceDao = createJobInstanceDao(jdbcTemplate);
+		JobExecutionDao jobExecutionDao = createJobExecutionDao(jdbcTemplate);
+		StepExecutionDao stepExecutionDao = createStepExecutionDao(jdbcTemplate);
+		return new SimpleJobRepository(jobInstanceDao, jobExecutionDao, stepExecutionDao);
+	}
+
+	public Class getObjectType() {
+		return SimpleJobRepository.class;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isSingleton() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private JobInstanceDao createJobInstanceDao(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate) throws Exception {
+		JdbcJobInstanceDao dao = new JdbcJobInstanceDao();
+		dao.setJdbcTemplate(jdbcTemplate);
+		dao.setJobIncrementer(getIncrementer(dataSource, "BATCH_JOB_SEQ"));
+		dao.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return dao;
+	}
+
+	private JobExecutionDao createJobExecutionDao(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate) throws Exception {
+		JdbcJobExecutionDao dao = new JdbcJobExecutionDao();
+		dao.setJdbcTemplate(jdbcTemplate);
+		dao.setJobExecutionIncrementer(getIncrementer(dataSource, "BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_SEQ"));
+		dao.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return dao;
+	}
+
+	private StepExecutionDao createStepExecutionDao(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate) throws Exception {
+		JdbcStepExecutionDao dao = new JdbcStepExecutionDao();
+		dao.setJdbcTemplate(jdbcTemplate);
+		dao.setStepExecutionIncrementer(getIncrementer(dataSource, "BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ"));
+		dao.afterPropertiesSet();
+		return dao;
+	}
+
+	private DataFieldMaxValueIncrementer getIncrementer(DataSource dataSource, String incrementerName) {
+		if (DB_TYPE_DB2.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new DB2SequenceMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName);
+		} else if (DB_TYPE_DERBY.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new DerbyMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, "id");
+		} else if (DB_TYPE_HSQL.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new HsqlMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, "id");
+		} else if (DB_TYPE_MYSQL.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new MySQLMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName, "id");
+		} else if (DB_TYPE_ORACLE.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new OracleSequenceMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName);
+		} else if (DB_TYPE_POSTGRES.equals(databaseType)) {
+			return new PostgreSQLSequenceMaxValueIncrementer(dataSource, incrementerName);
+		}
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException("databaseType argument was not on the approved list");
+	}
+
+}