diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/AbstractFlowParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/AbstractFlowParser.java
index 2823dddc5..01d4d1cb9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/AbstractFlowParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/AbstractFlowParser.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFlowParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionPar
 
 		String flowName = (String) builder.getRawBeanDefinition().getAttribute("flowName");
 		if (!stepExists && !StringUtils.hasText(element.getAttribute("parent"))) {
-			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The flow [" + flowName + "] must contain at least one step",
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The flow [" + flowName + "] must contain at least one step, flow or split",
 					element);
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DuplicateTransitionJobParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DuplicateTransitionJobParserTests-context.xml
index d50841a8a..fce7f5b2e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DuplicateTransitionJobParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DuplicateTransitionJobParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans 
-	xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" 
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
-
-	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
-	
-	<job id="job">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans 
+	xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" 
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
+	
+	<job id="job">
 		<step id="s1" parent="step1">
 			<end on="COMPLETED"/>
 			<fail on="COMPLETED"/>
-		</step>
-	</job>
-
+		</step>
+	</job>
+
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/FlowStepParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/FlowStepParserTests-context.xml
index 977a72055..da2e84e85 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/FlowStepParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/FlowStepParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
-
-	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
-
-	<job id="job1">
-		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="job1.flow" />
-		<step id="job1.flow" next="s4">
-			<flow parent="flow" />
-		</step>
-		<step id="s4" parent="step4" />
-	</job>
-
-	<job id="job2">
-		<step id="job2.s1" parent="step1" next="job2.flow" />
-		<step id="job2.flow" parent="flow.step" next="job2.s4" />
-		<step id="job2.s4" parent="step4" />
-	</job>
-
-	<flow id="flow" abstract="true">
-		<step id="s2" parent="step2" next="s3" />
-		<step id="s3" parent="step3" />
-	</flow>
-
-	<step id="flow.step" abstract="true">
-		<flow parent="flow" />
-	</step>
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
+
+	<job id="job1">
+		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="job1.flow" />
+		<step id="job1.flow" next="s4">
+			<flow parent="flow" />
+		</step>
+		<step id="s4" parent="step4" />
+	</job>
+
+	<job id="job2">
+		<step id="job2.s1" parent="step1" next="job2.flow" />
+		<step id="job2.flow" parent="flow.step" next="job2.s4" />
+		<step id="job2.s4" parent="step4" />
+	</job>
+
+	<flow id="flow" abstract="true">
+		<step id="s2" parent="step2" next="s3" />
+		<step id="s3" parent="step3" />
+	</flow>
+
+	<step id="flow.step" abstract="true">
+		<flow parent="flow" />
+	</step>
+
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParserParentAttributeTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParserParentAttributeTests-context.xml
index 2b52ea131..183273043 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParserParentAttributeTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParserParentAttributeTests-context.xml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
 				</job-listener>
 			</beans:list>
 		</beans:property>
-	</beans:bean>
-	<beans:bean id="dummyJobRepository"
+	</beans:bean>
+	<beans:bean id="dummyJobRepository"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml.DummyJobRepository" />
 
 	<job id="listenerClearingJob" parent="baseJob">
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobStepParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobStepParserTests-context.xml
index 527229927..eb78622e3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobStepParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobStepParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
-
-	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
-
-	<job id="job1">
-		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="job1.flow" />
-		<step id="job1.flow" next="s4">
-			<job ref="flow" />
-		</step>
-		<step id="s4" parent="step4" />
-	</job>
-
-	<job id="job2">
-		<step id="job2.s1" parent="step1" next="job2.flow" />
-		<step id="job2.flow" parent="flow.step" next="job2.s4" />
-		<step id="job2.s4" parent="step4" />
-	</job>
-
-	<job id="flow">
-		<step id="s2" parent="step2" next="s3" />
-		<step id="s3" parent="step3" />
-	</job>
-
-	<step id="flow.step" abstract="true">
-		<job ref="flow" job-launcher="jobLauncher" job-parameters-extractor="jobParametersExtractor"/>
-	</step>
-	
-	<beans:bean id="jobParametersExtractor" class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.job.DefaultJobParametersExtractor"/>
-	
-	<beans:bean id="jobLauncher" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher">
-		<beans:property name="jobRepository" ref="jobRepository"/>
-	</beans:bean>
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
+
+	<job id="job1">
+		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="job1.flow" />
+		<step id="job1.flow" next="s4">
+			<job ref="flow" />
+		</step>
+		<step id="s4" parent="step4" />
+	</job>
+
+	<job id="job2">
+		<step id="job2.s1" parent="step1" next="job2.flow" />
+		<step id="job2.flow" parent="flow.step" next="job2.s4" />
+		<step id="job2.s4" parent="step4" />
+	</job>
+
+	<job id="flow">
+		<step id="s2" parent="step2" next="s3" />
+		<step id="s3" parent="step3" />
+	</job>
+
+	<step id="flow.step" abstract="true">
+		<job ref="flow" job-launcher="jobLauncher" job-parameters-extractor="jobParametersExtractor"/>
+	</step>
+	
+	<beans:bean id="jobParametersExtractor" class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.job.DefaultJobParametersExtractor"/>
+	
+	<beans:bean id="jobLauncher" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher">
+		<beans:property name="jobRepository" ref="jobRepository"/>
+	</beans:bean>
+
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/NextAttributeMultipleFinalJobParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/NextAttributeMultipleFinalJobParserTests-context.xml
index 538077c36..ed9e85501 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/NextAttributeMultipleFinalJobParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/NextAttributeMultipleFinalJobParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
-
-	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
-	
-	<job id="job">
-		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="s3">
-			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="s2" />
-		</step>
-		<step id="s2" parent="step2"/>
-		<step id="s3" parent="step3"/>
-	</job>
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
+	
+	<job id="job">
+		<step id="s1" parent="step1" next="s3">
+			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="s2" />
+		</step>
+		<step id="s2" parent="step2"/>
+		<step id="s3" parent="step3"/>
+	</job>
+
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/PartitionStepParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/PartitionStepParserTests-context.xml
index 383dcc937..8433a4b21 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/PartitionStepParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/PartitionStepParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
-	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
-
-	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
-
-	<job id="job1">
-		<step id="s1">
-			<partition step="step1" partitioner="partitioner">
-				<handler task-executor="taskExecutor" grid-size="2" />
-			</partition>
-		</step>
-	</job>
-
-	<job id="job2">
-		<step id="s2" next="s3">
-			<partition step="step1" handler="handler" partitioner="partitioner"/>
-		</step>
-		<step id="s3" parent="step2"/>
-	</job>
-
-	<bean id="handler"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.core.partition.support.TaskExecutorPartitionHandler"
-		xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
-		<property name="step" ref="step1"/>
-	</bean>
-
-	<beans:bean id="taskExecutor"
-		class="org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor" />
-
-	<beans:bean id="partitioner"
-		class="org.springframework.batch.core.partition.support.SimplePartitioner" />
-
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
+
+	<job id="job1">
+		<step id="s1">
+			<partition step="step1" partitioner="partitioner">
+				<handler task-executor="taskExecutor" grid-size="2" />
+			</partition>
+		</step>
+	</job>
+
+	<job id="job2">
+		<step id="s2" next="s3">
+			<partition step="step1" handler="handler" partitioner="partitioner"/>
+		</step>
+		<step id="s3" parent="step2"/>
+	</job>
+
+	<bean id="handler"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.core.partition.support.TaskExecutorPartitionHandler"
+		xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
+		<property name="step" ref="step1"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<beans:bean id="taskExecutor"
+		class="org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor" />
+
+	<beans:bean id="partitioner"
+		class="org.springframework.batch.core.partition.support.SimplePartitioner" />
+
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
index 96f7e9513..d634d73e9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/skipSampleJob.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-<?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"
+<?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/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
 		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
-
-	<job id="skipJob" incrementer="incrementer" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
-
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<job id="skipJob" incrementer="incrementer" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
+
 		<step id="step1" parent="baseStep">
-			<tasklet>
+			<tasklet>
 				<chunk reader="fileItemReader" processor="tradeProcessor" writer="tradeWriter" commit-interval="3" skip-limit="10">
 					<skippable-exception-classes>
 						<include class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileParseException" />
@@ -18,119 +18,119 @@
 			</tasklet>
 
 			<next on="*" to="step2" />
-			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint1" />
+			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint1" />
 			<fail on="FAILED" exit-code="FAILED" />
 		</step>
 
 		<step id="errorPrint1" next="step2">
 			<tasklet ref="errorLogTasklet" />
-		</step>
-
-		<step id="step2" parent="baseStep" next="skipCheckingDecision">
-			<tasklet>
-				<chunk reader="tradeSqlItemReader" processor="tradeProcessorFailure" writer="itemTrackingWriter"
-					commit-interval="2" skip-limit="10">
-					<skippable-exception-classes merge="true">
-						<include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException" />
-						<include class="java.io.IOException" />
-					</skippable-exception-classes>
-				</chunk>
-				<no-rollback-exception-classes>
-					<include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException" />
-				</no-rollback-exception-classes>
-			</tasklet>
-		</step>
-
-		<decision id="skipCheckingDecision" decider="skipCheckingDecider">
+		</step>
+
+		<step id="step2" parent="baseStep" next="skipCheckingDecision">
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="tradeSqlItemReader" processor="tradeProcessorFailure" writer="itemTrackingWriter"
+					commit-interval="2" skip-limit="10">
+					<skippable-exception-classes merge="true">
+						<include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException" />
+						<include class="java.io.IOException" />
+					</skippable-exception-classes>
+				</chunk>
+				<no-rollback-exception-classes>
+					<include class="org.springframework.batch.item.validator.ValidationException" />
+				</no-rollback-exception-classes>
+			</tasklet>
+		</step>
+
+		<decision id="skipCheckingDecision" decider="skipCheckingDecider">
 			<end on="*" />
-			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint2" />
+			<next on="COMPLETED WITH SKIPS" to="errorPrint2" />
 			<fail on="FAILED" exit-code="FAILED" />
-		</decision>
-
+		</decision>
+
 		<step id="errorPrint2">
 			<tasklet ref="errorLogTasklet" />
-		</step>
+		</step>
 	</job>
 
 	<step id="baseStep" abstract="true" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
 		<tasklet>
 			<listeners>
-				<listener>
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" />
+				<listener>
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingListener" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" />
 				</listener>
-				<listener>
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.listener.ExecutionContextPromotionListener" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
-						<property name="keys">
-							<list>
-								<value>stepName</value>
-								<util:constant static-field="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter.TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY" />
-							</list>
-						</property>
-					</bean>
+				<listener>
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.listener.ExecutionContextPromotionListener" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans">
+						<property name="keys">
+							<list>
+								<value>stepName</value>
+								<util:constant static-field="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter.TOTAL_AMOUNT_KEY" />
+							</list>
+						</property>
+					</bean>
 				</listener>
 			</listeners>
 		</tasklet>
 	</step>
 
-	<bean id="fileItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader" scope="step">
-		<property name="resource" value="classpath:/data/skipJob/input/input#{jobParameters['run.id']}.txt" />
-		<property name="lineMapper">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
-				<property name="lineTokenizer">
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
-						<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
-					</bean>
-				</property>
-				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
-					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeProcessor" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor" scope="step"/>
-
-	<bean id="tradeProcessorFailure" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor" scope="step">
-		<property name="validationFailure" value="7" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter" scope="step">
-		<property name="dao">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao">
-				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-				<property name="incrementer">
-					<bean parent="incrementerParent">
-						<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
-					</bean>
-				</property>
-			</bean>
-		</property>
-		<property name="failingCustomers">
-			<list>
-				<value>customer6</value>
-			</list>
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="itemTrackingWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.ItemTrackingTradeItemWriter" scope="step">
-		<property name="writeFailureISIN" value="UK21341EAH47" />
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader" scope="step">
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-		<property name="sql" value="SELECT isin, quantity, price, customer, id, version from TRADE" />
-		<property name="rowMapper">
-			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
-		</property>
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="errorLogTasklet" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.ErrorLogTasklet" scope="step">
-		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-	</bean>
-
-	<bean id="skipCheckingDecider" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingDecider" />
-
-	<bean id="incrementer" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.RunIdIncrementer" />
-
-</beans>
+	<bean id="fileItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader" scope="step">
+		<property name="resource" value="classpath:/data/skipJob/input/input#{jobParameters['run.id']}.txt" />
+		<property name="lineMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper">
+				<property name="lineTokenizer">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer">
+						<property name="names" value="ISIN, Quantity, Price, Customer" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+				<property name="fieldSetMapper">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeFieldSetMapper" />
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeProcessor" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor" scope="step"/>
+
+	<bean id="tradeProcessorFailure" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeProcessor" scope="step">
+		<property name="validationFailure" value="7" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeWriter" scope="step">
+		<property name="dao">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.JdbcTradeDao">
+				<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+				<property name="incrementer">
+					<bean parent="incrementerParent">
+						<property name="incrementerName" value="TRADE_SEQ" />
+					</bean>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+		<property name="failingCustomers">
+			<list>
+				<value>customer6</value>
+			</list>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="itemTrackingWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.ItemTrackingTradeItemWriter" scope="step">
+		<property name="writeFailureISIN" value="UK21341EAH47" />
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="tradeSqlItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader" scope="step">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+		<property name="sql" value="SELECT isin, quantity, price, customer, id, version from TRADE" />
+		<property name="rowMapper">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.batch.sample.domain.trade.internal.TradeRowMapper" />
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="errorLogTasklet" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.ErrorLogTasklet" scope="step">
+		<property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="skipCheckingDecider" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.common.SkipCheckingDecider" />
+
+	<bean id="incrementer" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.RunIdIncrementer" />
+
+</beans>