Refactored launching to allow exit codes to be returned to the launcher.

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecution.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class JobExecution extends Entity {
 
 	private Long jobId;
 
-	private int exitCode;
+	private String exitCode = "";
 	
 	// Package private constructor for Hibernate
 	JobExecution() {}
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ public class JobExecution extends Entity {
 	/**
 	 * @param exitCode
 	 */
-	public void setExitCode(int exitCode) {
+	public void setExitCode(String exitCode) {
 		this.exitCode = exitCode;
 	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * @return the exitCode
 	 */
-	public int getExitCode() {
+	public String getExitCode() {
 		return exitCode;
 	}
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/StepExecution.java

@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ public class StepExecution extends Entity {
 
 	private Long jobExecutionId;
 
-	private int exitCode;
+	private String exitCode = "";
+	
+	private String exitDescription = "";
+		
+	private Throwable exception;
 	
 	/**
 	 * Package private constructor for Hibernate
@@ -176,15 +180,30 @@ public class StepExecution extends Entity {
 	/**
 	 * @param exitCode
 	 */
-	public void setExitCode(int exitCode) {
+	public void setExitCode(String exitCode) {
 		this.exitCode = exitCode;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @return the exitCode
 	 */
-	public int getExitCode() {
+	public String getExitCode() {
 		return exitCode;
 	}
 
+	public void setException(Throwable exception) {
+		this.exception = exception;
+	}
+	
+	public Throwable getException() {
+		return exception;
+	}
+	
+	public void setExitDescription(String exitDescription) {
+		this.exitDescription = exitDescription;
+	}
+	
+	public String getExitDescription() {
+		return exitDescription;
+	}
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/executor/JobExecutor.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.core.executor;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobExecutionContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.BatchCriticalException;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * Interface for running a job from its configuration.
@@ -30,6 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.BatchCriticalException;
  */
 public interface JobExecutor {
 
-	public void run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws BatchCriticalException;
+	public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws BatchCriticalException;
 	
 }

core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/tasklet/Tasklet.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.StepConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * The primary interface describing the touch-point between the batch developer
@@ -46,9 +47,10 @@ public interface Tasklet {
 	 * outside of this method will prevent the architecture from gracefully
 	 * shutting down and providing such features as transaction rollback.
 	 * 
-	 * @return boolean indicating whether the processing should continue (i.e.
+	 * @return ExitStatus indicating whether the processing should continue (i.e.
 	 * false when data are exhausted).
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus
 	 */
-	public boolean execute() throws Exception;
+	public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception;
 
 }

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/StepConfigurationSupportTests.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ public class StepConfigurationSupportTests extends TestCase {
 	public void testGetTasklet() {
 		assertEquals(null, configuration.getTasklet());
 		Tasklet tasklet = new Tasklet() {
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
-				return false;
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 		};
 		configuration.setTasklet(tasklet);

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/JobExecutionTests.java

@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ public class JobExecutionTests extends TestCase {
 	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution#getExitCode()}.
 	 */
 	public void testGetExitCode() {
-		assertEquals(0, execution.getExitCode());
-		execution.setExitCode(23);
-		assertEquals(23, execution.getExitCode());
+		assertEquals("", execution.getExitCode());
+		execution.setExitCode("23");
+		assertEquals("23", execution.getExitCode());
 	}
 
 }

core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/StepExecutionTests.java

@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ public class StepExecutionTests extends TestCase {
 	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution#getExitCode()}.
 	 */
 	public void testGetExitCode() {
-		assertEquals(0, execution.getExitCode());
-		execution.setExitCode(23);
-		assertEquals(23, execution.getExitCode());
+		assertEquals("", execution.getExitCode());
+		execution.setExitCode("23");
+		assertEquals("23", execution.getExitCode());
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -188,3 +188,4 @@ public class StepExecutionTests extends TestCase {
 	}
 }
 
+

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/JobExecutorFacade.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.execution;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * Interface which defines a facade for running jobs. The interface is
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public interface JobExecutorFacade {
 	 * 
 	 * @throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException
 	 */
-	void start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
+	ExitStatus start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Stop the job execution that was started with this runtime information.

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/BatchCommandLineLauncher.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class BatchCommandLineLauncher {
 
 	private ConfigurableApplicationContext parent;
 
-	private JobLauncher launcher;
+	private SynchronousJobLauncher launcher;
 
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor for the launcher. Sets up the parent context to use
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class BatchCommandLineLauncher {
 	 * 
 	 * @param launcher the launcher to set
 	 */
-	public void setLauncher(JobLauncher launcher) {
+	public void setLauncher(SynchronousJobLauncher launcher) {
 		this.launcher = launcher;
 	}
 
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ public class BatchCommandLineLauncher {
 		try {
 			if (!launcher.isRunning()) {
 				if (jobName == null) {
-					launcher.start();
+					launcher.run();
 				}
 				else {
-					launcher.start(jobName);
+					launcher.run(jobName);
 				}
 			}
 		}

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/SimpleJobLauncher.java

@@ -16,10 +16,17 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifierFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.JobExecutorFacade;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.runtime.ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.context.Lifecycle;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Simple bootstrapping mechanism for running a single job execution in a
@@ -36,11 +43,29 @@ import org.springframework.context.Lifecycle;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @since 2.1
  */
-public class SimpleJobLauncher extends AbstractJobLauncher {
+public class SimpleJobLauncher implements SynchronousJobLauncher {
+	
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SimpleJobLauncher.class);
 
 	private volatile Thread processingThread;
 
 	private volatile boolean running = false;
+	
+	private JobExecutorFacade jobExecutorFacade;
+	
+	private JobIdentifierFactory jobIdentifierFactory = new ScheduledJobIdentifierFactory();;
+	
+	private String jobConfigurationName;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Check that mandatory properties are set.
+	 * 
+	 * @see #setBatchContainer(JobExecutorFacade)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()
+	 */
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(jobExecutorFacade);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Return whether or not the container is currently running. This is done by
@@ -51,7 +76,7 @@ public class SimpleJobLauncher extends AbstractJobLauncher {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Start the provided container. The current thread will first be saved.
+	 * Start the provided facade. The current thread will first be saved.
 	 * This may seem odd at first, however, this simple bootstrap requires that
 	 * only one thread can kick off a container, and that the first thread that
 	 * calls start is the 'processing thread'. If the container has already been
@@ -61,26 +86,64 @@ public class SimpleJobLauncher extends AbstractJobLauncher {
 	 * 
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if JobConfiguration is null.
 	 */
-	protected void doStart(JobIdentifier jobIdentifier) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException {
+	public ExitStatus run(JobIdentifier jobIdentifier) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException {
 
+		Assert.notNull(jobIdentifier, "JobIdentifier must not be null.");
+		Assert.isTrue(!isRunning(), "SynchronousLaunchers can run only one job at at time.");
+		
 		/*
 		 * There is no reason to kick off a new thread, since only one thread
 		 * should be processing at once. However, a handle to the thread should
 		 * be maintained to allow for interrupt
 		 */
 		processingThread = Thread.currentThread();
-		// TODO: push this out to a method call in parent inside synchronized
-		// block?
+		
 		running = true;
 		try {
-			batchContainer.start(jobIdentifier);
+			return jobExecutorFacade.start(jobIdentifier);
 		}
 		finally {
 			running = false;
-			unregister(jobIdentifier);
 		}
 
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Start a job execution with the given name. If a job is already running
+	 * has no effect.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name the name to assign to the job
+	 * @throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException 
+	 */
+	public ExitStatus run(String name) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException {
+		JobIdentifier runtimeInformation = jobIdentifierFactory.getJobIdentifier(name);
+		return this.run(runtimeInformation);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Start a job execution with default name and other runtime information
+	 * provided by the factory. If a job is already running has no effect. The
+	 * default name is taken from the enclosed {@link JobConfiguration}.
+	 * @throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException if the job configuration cannot be located
+	 * 
+	 * @see #setJobRuntimeInformationFactory(JobIdentifierFactory)
+	 * @see org.springframework.context.Lifecycle#start()
+	 */
+	public ExitStatus run(){
+		if (jobConfigurationName==null) {
+			return new ExitStatus(false, "JOB_CONFIGURATION_NOT_PROVIDED", "No JobConfiguration was " +
+					"provided to the launcher.");
+		}
+		try {
+			return this.run(jobConfigurationName);
+		}
+		catch (NoSuchJobConfigurationException e) {
+			logger.error("JobExecutorFacade failed to find a JobConfiguration" +
+					" for the provided JobIdentifier", e);
+			return new ExitStatus(false, "NO_SUCH_JOB_CONFIGURATION", "JobExecutor Facade failed" +
+					"to find a JobConfiguration for the provided JobIdentifier");
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Stop the job if it is running by interrupting its thread. If no job is
@@ -89,22 +152,24 @@ public class SimpleJobLauncher extends AbstractJobLauncher {
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.Lifecycle#stop()
 	 */
-	protected void doStop() {
+	public void stop() {
 
 		if (isRunning()) {
 			processingThread.interrupt();
 			running = false;
 		}
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Delegates to {@link #doStop()}. Since there is only one job running in
-	 * this launcher this is OK.
-	 * 
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.context.Lifecycle#stop()
-	 */
-	protected void doStop(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
-		doStop();
+	
+	public void setJobExecutorFacade(JobExecutorFacade jobExecutorFacade) {
+		this.jobExecutorFacade = jobExecutorFacade;
+	}
+	
+	public void setJobIdentifierFactory(
+			JobIdentifierFactory jobIdentifierFactory) {
+		this.jobIdentifierFactory = jobIdentifierFactory;
+	}
+	
+    public void setJobConfigurationName(String jobConfigurationName) {
+		this.jobConfigurationName = jobConfigurationName;
 	}
 }

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacade.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.JobExecutorFacade;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.NoSuchJobExecutionException;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.job.DefaultJobExecutor;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.statistics.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade, StatisticsPro
 	 * null
 	 * 
 	 */
-	public void start(JobIdentifier jobRuntimeInformation) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException {
+	public ExitStatus start(JobIdentifier jobRuntimeInformation) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException {
 
 		Assert.notNull(jobRuntimeInformation, "JobRuntimeInformation must not be null.");
 		Assert.notNull(jobRuntimeInformation.getName(), "JobRuntimeInformation name must not be null.");
@@ -129,11 +130,13 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade, StatisticsPro
 
 		final JobInstance job = jobRepository.findOrCreateJob(jobConfiguration, jobRuntimeInformation);
 		JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext = jobExecutionRegistry.register(jobRuntimeInformation, job);
+		
+		ExitStatus exitStatus = ExitStatus.FAILED;
 		try {
 			synchronized (mutex) {
 				running++;
 			}
-			jobExecutor.run(jobConfiguration, jobExecutionContext);
+			exitStatus = jobExecutor.run(jobConfiguration, jobExecutionContext);
 		}
 		finally {
 			synchronized (mutex) {
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacade implements JobExecutorFacade, StatisticsPro
 			jobExecutionRegistry.unregister(jobRuntimeInformation);
 		}
 
+		return exitStatus;
 	}
 
 	/*

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/DefaultJobExecutor.java

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class DefaultJobExecutor implements JobExecutor {
 
 	private StepExecutorFactory stepExecutorResolver = new DefaultStepExecutorFactory();
 
-	public void run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext)
+	public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext)
 			throws BatchCriticalException {
 
 		JobInstance job = jobExecutionContext.getJob();
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public class DefaultJobExecutor implements JobExecutor {
 			jobExecution.setExitCode(status.getExitCode());
 			jobRepository.saveOrUpdate(jobExecution);
 		}
+		
+		return status;
 	}
 
 	private void updateStatus(JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext, BatchStatus status) {

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/SqlStepDao.java

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public class SqlStepDao implements StepDao, InitializingBean {
 		Object[] parameters = new Object[] { stepExecution.getId(), new Long(0), stepExecution.getStepId(), stepExecution.getJobExecutionId(), 
 				stepExecution.getStartTime(), stepExecution.getEndTime(), stepExecution.getStatus().toString(),
 				stepExecution.getCommitCount(), stepExecution.getTaskCount(),
-				PropertiesConverter.propertiesToString(stepExecution.getStatistics()), new Integer(stepExecution.getExitCode()) };
+				PropertiesConverter.propertiesToString(stepExecution.getStatistics()), stepExecution.getExitCode() };
 		jdbcTemplate.update(SAVE_STEP_EXECUTION, parameters);
 
 	}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public class SqlStepDao implements StepDao, InitializingBean {
 		Object[] parameters = new Object[] { stepExecution.getStartTime(), stepExecution.getEndTime(),
 				stepExecution.getStatus().toString(), stepExecution.getCommitCount(),
 				stepExecution.getTaskCount(), PropertiesConverter.propertiesToString(stepExecution.getStatistics()),
-				new Integer(stepExecution.getExitCode()),
+				stepExecution.getExitCode(),
 				stepExecution.getId() };
 		jdbcTemplate.update(UPDATE_STEP_EXECUTION, parameters);
 
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public class SqlStepDao implements StepDao, InitializingBean {
 				stepExecution.setCommitCount(rs.getInt(6));
 				stepExecution.setTaskCount(rs.getInt(7));
 				stepExecution.setStatistics(PropertiesConverter.stringToProperties(rs.getString(8)));
-				stepExecution.setExitCode(rs.getInt(9));
+				stepExecution.setExitCode(rs.getString(9));
 				return stepExecution;
 			}
 		};

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/DefaultStepExecutor.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.StepInstance;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Recoverable;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.Skippable;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionDefinition;
@@ -50,13 +51,13 @@ public class DefaultStepExecutor extends SimpleStepExecutor {
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple.SimpleStepExecutor#doTaskletProcessing(org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet,
 	 * org.springframework.batch.core.domain.StepInstance)
 	 */
-	protected boolean doTaskletProcessing(Tasklet module, final StepInstance step) throws Exception {
+	protected ExitStatus doTaskletProcessing(Tasklet module, final StepInstance step) throws Exception {
 
-		boolean result = true;
+		ExitStatus exitStatus = ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 
 		try {
 
-			result = super.doTaskletProcessing(module, step);
+			exitStatus = super.doTaskletProcessing(module, step);
 
 		}
 		catch (final Exception e) {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ public class DefaultStepExecutor extends SimpleStepExecutor {
 
 		}
 
-		return result;
+		return exitStatus;
 	}
 
 }

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutor.java

@@ -247,10 +247,13 @@ public class SimpleStepExecutor implements StepExecutor {
 			});
 
 			stepExecution.setExitCode(status.getExitCode());
+			stepExecution.setExitDescription(status.getExitDescription());
 			updateStatus(stepExecutionContext, BatchStatus.COMPLETED);
 			return status;
 		}
 		catch (RuntimeException e) {
+			
+			stepExecution.setException(e);
 			if (e.getCause() instanceof StepInterruptedException) {
 				updateStatus(stepExecutionContext, BatchStatus.STOPPED);
 				throw (StepInterruptedException) e.getCause();
@@ -320,11 +323,11 @@ public class SimpleStepExecutor implements StepExecutor {
 				});
 				// check for interruption before each item as well
 				interruptionPolicy.checkInterrupted(context);
-				boolean result = doTaskletProcessing(configuration.getTasklet(), stepExecutionContext.getStep());
+				ExitStatus exitStatus = doTaskletProcessing(configuration.getTasklet(), stepExecutionContext.getStep());
 				stepExecutionContext.getStepExecution().incrementTaskCount();
 				// check for interruption after each item as well
 				interruptionPolicy.checkInterrupted(context);
-				return new ExitStatus(result);
+				return exitStatus;
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -338,7 +341,7 @@ public class SimpleStepExecutor implements StepExecutor {
 	 * @return boolean if there is more processing to do
 	 * @throws Exception if there is an error
 	 */
-	protected boolean doTaskletProcessing(Tasklet tasklet, StepInstance step) throws Exception {
+	protected ExitStatus doTaskletProcessing(Tasklet tasklet, StepInstance step) throws Exception {
 		return tasklet.execute();
 	}
 

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTasklet.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.Skippable;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProvider;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.synch.RepeatSynchronizationManager;
 import org.springframework.batch.retry.RetryOperations;
@@ -132,14 +133,14 @@ public class ItemProviderProcessTasklet implements Tasklet, Recoverable, Skippab
 	 * 
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet#execute()
 	 */
-	public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+	public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 		if (retryOperations != null) {
-			return retryOperations.execute(new ItemProviderRetryCallback(itemProvider, itemProcessor)) != null;
+			return new ExitStatus(retryOperations.execute(new ItemProviderRetryCallback(itemProvider, itemProcessor)) != null);
 		}
 		else {
 			Object data = itemProvider.next();
 			if (data == null) {
-				return false;
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 			RepeatContext context = RepeatSynchronizationManager.getContext();
 			Assert.state(context != null,
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public class ItemProviderProcessTasklet implements Tasklet, Recoverable, Skippab
 			// No exception so clear context (we can't recover directly because
 			// the current transaction is going to roll back)
 			context.removeAttribute(ITEM_KEY);
-			return true;
+			return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 		}
 	}
 

execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ReadProcessTasklet.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * Provides the basic batch module for reading and processing data.
@@ -39,12 +40,12 @@ public abstract class ReadProcessTasklet implements Tasklet {
 	 * from the abstract read method will be returned to the {@link Tasklet}, to indicate
 	 * whether or not processing should continue.
 	 */
-	public final boolean execute() throws Exception {
+	public final ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 		if (!read()) {
-			return false;
+			return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 		}
 		process();
-		return true;
+		return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 	}
 
 	/**

execution/src/main/resources/schema-db2.sql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID BIGINT  PRIMARY KEY ,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ;

execution/src/main/resources/schema-derby.sql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID BIGINT  PRIMARY KEY GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ;

execution/src/main/resources/schema-hsqldb.sql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID BIGINT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY ,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ (

execution/src/main/resources/schema-oracle10g.sql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE INT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID INT  PRIMARY KEY ,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT INT , 
 	TASK_COUNT INT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE INT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ;

execution/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID BIGINT  PRIMARY KEY ,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE SEQUENCE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ;

execution/src/main/sql/init.sql.vpp

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE ${BIGINT});
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID ${BIGINT} $!{IDENTITY} PRIMARY KEY $!{GENERATED},
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT ${BIGINT} , 
 	TASK_COUNT ${BIGINT} , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE ${BIGINT},
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 #sequence( "BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ" )

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/SimpleJobLauncherTests.java

@@ -20,70 +20,24 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.easymock.MockControl;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifierFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.SimpleJobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.JobExecutorFacade;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.task.SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor;
+import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
 
 public class SimpleJobLauncherTests extends TestCase {
 
-	public void testAutoStartContainer() throws Exception {
-
-		MockControl containerControl = MockControl.createControl(JobExecutorFacade.class);
-		JobExecutorFacade mockContainer;
-
-		AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
-		final SimpleJobIdentifier runtimeInformation = new SimpleJobIdentifier("foo");
-		bootstrap.setJobRuntimeInformationFactory(new JobIdentifierFactory() {
-			public JobIdentifier getJobIdentifier(String name) {
-				return runtimeInformation;
-			}
-		});
-		mockContainer = (JobExecutorFacade) containerControl.getMock();
-		bootstrap.setBatchContainer(mockContainer);
-
-		JobConfiguration jobConfiguration = new JobConfiguration("foo");
-		bootstrap.setJobConfigurationName(jobConfiguration.getName());
-
-		mockContainer.start(runtimeInformation);
-		containerControl.replay();
-
-		bootstrap.setAutoStart(true);
-
-		bootstrap.onApplicationEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(new GenericApplicationContext()));
-		// It ran and then stopped...
-		assertFalse(bootstrap.isRunning());
-
-		containerControl.verify();
-	}
-
-	public void testApplicationEventNotContextRefresh() throws Exception {
-
-		MockControl containerControl = MockControl.createControl(JobExecutorFacade.class);
-		JobExecutorFacade mockContainer;
-
-		AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
-		mockContainer = (JobExecutorFacade) containerControl.getMock();
-		bootstrap.setBatchContainer(mockContainer);
-
-		containerControl.replay();
-
-		bootstrap.setAutoStart(true);
-
-		bootstrap.onApplicationEvent(new ApplicationEvent(new GenericApplicationContext()) {
-		});
-		assertFalse(bootstrap.isRunning());
-
-		containerControl.verify();
-	}
-
 	public void testStartWithNoConfiguration() throws Exception {
-		final AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+		final SimpleJobLauncher launcher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
 		try {
-			bootstrap.afterPropertiesSet();
+			launcher.afterPropertiesSet();
 			fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
 		}
 		catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
@@ -93,9 +47,9 @@ public class SimpleJobLauncherTests extends TestCase {
 	}
 
 	public void testInitializeWithNoConfiguration() throws Exception {
-		final AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+		final SimpleJobLauncher launcher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
 		try {
-			bootstrap.start();
+			launcher.run();
 			// should do nothing
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
@@ -103,83 +57,93 @@ public class SimpleJobLauncherTests extends TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void testStartTwiceNotFatal() throws Exception {
-		AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+	public void testRunTwiceNotFatal() throws Exception {
+		SimpleJobLauncher launcher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
 		final SimpleJobIdentifier runtimeInformation = new SimpleJobIdentifier("foo");
-		bootstrap.setJobRuntimeInformationFactory(new JobIdentifierFactory() {
+		launcher.setJobIdentifierFactory(new JobIdentifierFactory() {
 			public JobIdentifier getJobIdentifier(String name) {
 				return runtimeInformation;
 			}
 		});
-		InterruptibleContainer container = new InterruptibleContainer();
-		bootstrap.setBatchContainer(container);
-		bootstrap.setJobConfigurationName(new JobConfiguration("foo").getName());
-		bootstrap.start();
-		bootstrap.start();
+		InterruptibleFacade jobExecutorFacade = new InterruptibleFacade();
+		launcher.setJobExecutorFacade(jobExecutorFacade);
+		launcher.setJobConfigurationName(new JobConfiguration("foo").getName());
+		launcher.run();
+		launcher.run();
 		// Both jobs finished running because they were not launched in a new
 		// Thread
-		assertFalse(bootstrap.isRunning());
+		assertFalse(launcher.isRunning());
 	}
 
 	public void testInterruptContainer() throws Exception {
-		final AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+		final SimpleJobLauncher launcher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
 		final SimpleJobIdentifier runtimeInformation = new SimpleJobIdentifier("foo");
-		bootstrap.setJobRuntimeInformationFactory(new JobIdentifierFactory() {
+		launcher.setJobIdentifierFactory(new JobIdentifierFactory() {
 			public JobIdentifier getJobIdentifier(String name) {
 				return runtimeInformation;
 			}
 		});
 
-		InterruptibleContainer container = new InterruptibleContainer();
-		bootstrap.setBatchContainer(container);
-		bootstrap.setJobConfigurationName(new JobConfiguration("foo").getName());
-
-		Thread bootstrapThread = new Thread() {
+		InterruptibleFacade jobExecutorFacade = new InterruptibleFacade();
+		launcher.setJobExecutorFacade(jobExecutorFacade);
+		launcher.setJobConfigurationName(new JobConfiguration("foo").getName());
+		
+		TaskExecutor taskExecutor = new SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor();
+		Runnable launcherRunnable = new Runnable() {
 			public void run() {
-				bootstrap.start();
+				System.out.println("run called");
+				launcher.run();
+				System.out.println("run finished.");
 			}
 		};
 
-		bootstrapThread.start();
-
+		taskExecutor.execute(launcherRunnable); 
+		
 		// give the thread a second to start up
+		System.out.println("first sleep");
 		Thread.sleep(100);
-		assertTrue(bootstrap.isRunning());
-		bootstrap.stop();
+		assertTrue(launcher.isRunning());
+		launcher.stop();
 		Thread.sleep(100);
-		assertFalse(bootstrap.isRunning());
+		assertFalse(launcher.isRunning());
 	}
 
-	public void testStopOnUnstartedContainer() {
+	public void testStopOnUnranLauncher() {
 
-		AbstractJobLauncher bootstrap = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+		SimpleJobLauncher launcher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
 
-		assertFalse(bootstrap.isRunning());
-		// no exception should be thrown if stop is called on unstarted
+		assertFalse(launcher.isRunning());
+		// no exception should be thrown if stop is called on unran
 		// container
 		// this is to fullfill the contract outlined in Lifecycle#stop().
-		bootstrap.stop();
+		launcher.stop();
 	}
 
-	private class InterruptibleContainer implements JobExecutorFacade {
+	private class InterruptibleFacade implements JobExecutorFacade {
 		/*
 		 * (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.batch.container.BatchContainer#start()
+		 * @see org.springframework.batch.container.BatchContainer#run()
 		 */
-		public void start() {
+		public void run() {
 			try {
 				// 1 seconds should be long enough to allow the thread to be
-				// started and
-				// for interrupt to be called;
+				// run and for interrupt to be called;
+				System.out.println("Facade sleep called.");
 				Thread.sleep(300);
+				//return ExitStatus.FAILED;
+				
 			}
 			catch (InterruptedException ex) {
 				// thread interrupted, allow to exit normally
+				//return ExitStatus.FAILED;
 			}
+			
+			
 		}
 
-		public void start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
-			start();
+		public ExitStatus start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
+			run();
+			return ExitStatus.FAILED;
 		}
 
 		public void stop(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/TaskExecutorJobLauncherTests.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobIdentifierFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.SimpleJobIdentifier;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.JobExecutorFacade;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.interceptor.RepeatOperationsApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.batch.statistics.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.springframework.batch.support.PropertiesConverter;
@@ -142,8 +143,9 @@ public class TaskExecutorJobLauncherTests extends TestCase {
 			}
 		}
 
-		public void start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
+		public ExitStatus start(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
 			start();
+			return ExitStatus.FAILED;
 		}
 
 		public void stop(JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/facade/SimpleJobExecutorFacaderTests.java

@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacaderTests extends TestCase {
 		final SimpleJobIdentifier jobRuntimeInformation = new SimpleJobIdentifier("bar");
 		jobRepository.findOrCreateJob(jobConfiguration, jobRuntimeInformation);
 		jobExecutor = new JobExecutor() {
-			public void run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws BatchCriticalException {
+			public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws BatchCriticalException {
 				jobExecutionContext.getJob().setIdentifier(jobRuntimeInformation);
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 		};
 		JobInstance job = new JobInstance();
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacaderTests extends TestCase {
 	
 	public void testIsRunning() throws Exception {
 		simpleContainer.setJobExecutor(new JobExecutor() {
-			public void run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext)
+			public ExitStatus run(JobConfiguration configuration, JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext)
 					throws BatchCriticalException {
 				while (running) {
 					try {
@@ -113,7 +114,11 @@ public class SimpleJobExecutorFacaderTests extends TestCase {
 					catch (InterruptedException e) {
 						throw new BatchCriticalException("Interrupted unexpectedly!");
 					}
+					
+					
 				}
+				
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 		});
 		simpleContainer.setJobConfigurationLocator(new JobConfigurationLocator() {

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/job/DefaultJobExecutorTests.java

@@ -241,7 +241,5 @@ public class DefaultJobExecutorTests extends TestCase {
 		JobExecution jobExecution = (JobExecution) jobDao.findJobExecutions(job).get(0);
 		assertEquals(job.getId(), jobExecution.getJobId());
 		assertEquals(status, jobExecution.getStatus());
-		int exitCode = status==BatchStatus.STOPPED || status==BatchStatus.FAILED ? -1 : 0;
-		assertEquals(exitCode, jobExecution.getExitCode());
 	}
 }

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/ChunkOperationsStepConfigurationTests.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate;
 
 /**
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ public class ChunkOperationsStepConfigurationTests extends TestCase {
 	 */
 	public void testStepExecutorStepConfigurationTasklet() {
 		Tasklet tasklet = new Tasklet() {
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
-				return false;
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 		};
 		configuration = new ChunkOperationsStepConfiguration(tasklet);

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/DefaultStepExecutorTests.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.ItemProviderProcessTasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProvider;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.provider.ListItemProvider;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.policy.SimpleCompletionPolicy;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate;
 
@@ -129,13 +130,13 @@ public class DefaultStepExecutorTests extends TestCase {
 		final StepExecutionContext stepExecutionContext = new StepExecutionContext(jobExecutionContext, step);
 		
 		stepConfiguration.setTasklet(new Tasklet() {
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 				assertEquals(step, stepExecutionContext.getStep());
 				assertEquals(1, jobExecutionContext.getChunkContexts().size());
 				assertEquals(1, jobExecutionContext.getStepContexts().size());
 				assertNotNull(StepSynchronizationManager.getContext().getJobIdentifier());
 				processed.add("foo");
-				return true;
+				return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 			}
 		});
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ public class DefaultStepExecutorTests extends TestCase {
 		
 		Tasklet module = new Tasklet(){
 
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 				int counter = 0;
 				counter++;
 				
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public class DefaultStepExecutorTests extends TestCase {
 					throw new Exception();
 				}
 				
-				return true;
+				return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 			}
 			
 		};

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepConfigurationTests.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.exception.handler.DefaultExceptionHandler;
 
 /**
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ public class SimpleStepConfigurationTests extends TestCase {
 	 */
 	public void testSimpleStepConfigurationTasklet() {
 		Tasklet tasklet = new Tasklet() {
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
-				return false;
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
+				return ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 			}
 		};
 		configuration = new SimpleStepConfiguration(tasklet);

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/StepExecutorInterruptionTests.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.JobDao;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.MapJobDao;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.MapStepDao;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.repository.dao.StepDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.policy.SimpleCompletionPolicy;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate;
 
@@ -75,14 +76,14 @@ public class StepExecutorInterruptionTests extends TestCase {
 		JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext = new JobExecutionContext(null, new JobInstance(new Long(0)));
 		final StepExecutionContext stepExecutionContext = new StepExecutionContext(jobExecutionContext, step);
 		stepConfiguration.setTasklet(new Tasklet() {
-			public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+			public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 				// do something non-trivial (and not Thread.sleep())
 				double foo = 1;
 				for (int i = 2; i < 250; i++) {
 					foo = foo * i;
 				}
 				// always return true, so processing always continues
-				return foo != 1;
+				return new ExitStatus(foo != 1);
 			}
 		});
 

execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemProviderProcessTaskletTests.java

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class ItemProviderProcessTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 		items = Collections.singletonList("foo");
 
 		// call execute
-		assertTrue(module.execute());
+		assertTrue(module.execute().isContinuable());
 
 		// verify method calls
 		assertEquals(1, list.size());
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class ItemProviderProcessTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 		// TEST2: data provider returns null (nothing to read)
 
 		// call read
-		assertFalse(module.execute());
+		assertFalse(module.execute().isContinuable());
 
 	}
 

execution/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/repository/dao/init.sql

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION  (
 	START_TIME TIMESTAMP NOT NULL , 
 	END_TIME TIMESTAMP ,
 	STATUS VARCHAR(10),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT);
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP  (
 	ID BIGINT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY ,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION  (
 	COMMIT_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_COUNT BIGINT , 
 	TASK_STATISTICS VARCHAR(250),
-	EXIT_CODE BIGINT,
+	EXIT_CODE VARCHAR(250),
 	EXIT_MESSAGE VARCHAR(250));
 
 CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_SEQ (

execution/src/test/resources/simple-container-definition.xml

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 		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">
 
-	<bean id="simpleContainer" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
+	<bean id="simpleFacade" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
 		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
 		<property name="jobConfigurationLocator" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
 		<property name="jobExecutor" ref="jobLifecycle" />
 	</bean>
 	
 	<bean id="simpleContainerLauncher" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.SimpleJobLauncher">
-		<property name="batchContainer" ref="simpleContainer" />
-		<property name="jobRuntimeInformationFactory" ref="jobRuntimeInformationFactory"/>
+		<property name="jobExecutorFacade" ref="simpleFacade" />
+		<property name="jobIdentifierFactory" ref="jobRuntimeInformationFactory"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="jobConfigurationRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.MapJobConfigurationRegistry"/>

infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/ExitStatus.java

@@ -37,20 +37,27 @@ public class ExitStatus {
 	/**
 	 * Convenient constant value representing finished processing with an error.
 	 */
-	public static ExitStatus FAILED = new ExitStatus(false, -1);
+	public static ExitStatus FAILED = new ExitStatus(false);
 
 	private final boolean continuable;
 
-	private final int exitCode;
+	private final String exitCode;
+	
+	private final String exitDescription;
 
 	public ExitStatus(boolean continuable) {
-		this(continuable, 0);
+		this(continuable, "", "");
 	}
 
-	public ExitStatus(boolean continuable, int exitCode) {
+	public ExitStatus(boolean continuable, String exitCode) {
+		this(continuable, exitCode, "");
+	}
+	
+	public ExitStatus(boolean continuable, String exitCode, String exitDescription){
 		super();
 		this.continuable = continuable;
 		this.exitCode = exitCode;
+		this.exitDescription = exitDescription;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -66,12 +73,21 @@ public class ExitStatus {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Getter for the exit code (defaults to 0).
+	 * Getter for the exit code (defaults to blank).
 	 * @return the exit code.
 	 */
-	public int getExitCode() {
+	public String getExitCode() {
 		return exitCode;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Getter for the exit description (defaults to blank)
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public String getExitDescription() {
+		return exitDescription;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@link ExitStatus} with a logical combination of the
@@ -81,18 +97,7 @@ public class ExitStatus {
 	 * logical and of the current value and the argument provided.
 	 */
 	public ExitStatus and(boolean continuable) {
-		return and(new ExitStatus(continuable));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a new {@link ExitStatus} with a logical combination of the
-	 * continuable flag and adding the other exit code.
-	 * @param other an other {@link ExitStatus}.
-	 * @return a new {@link ExitStatus} with {@link #isContinuable()} the
-	 * logical and of the current value and the other's.
-	 */
-	public ExitStatus and(ExitStatus other) {
-		return new ExitStatus(this.continuable && other.isContinuable(), exitCode).addExitCode(other.getExitCode());
+		return new ExitStatus(this.continuable && continuable);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -100,26 +105,8 @@ public class ExitStatus {
 	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
 	 */
 	public String toString() {
-		return "continuable=" + continuable + ";exitCode=" + exitCode;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Duplicates the existing status except that a new exit code is added as
-	 * per the argument. If both codes (the current and the new one provided)
-	 * are negative then the lower of the two is returned, otherwise the higher
-	 * or the two.
-	 * 
-	 * @param exitCode the new value of the exitCode
-	 * @return a new {@link ExitStatus} instance
-	 */
-	public ExitStatus addExitCode(int exitCode) {
-		if (this.exitCode < 0 || exitCode < 0) {
-			exitCode = Math.min(this.exitCode, exitCode);
-		}
-		else {
-			exitCode = Math.max(this.exitCode, exitCode);
-		}
-		return new ExitStatus(this.continuable, exitCode);
+		return "continuable=" + continuable + ";exitCode=" + exitCode + 
+		";exitDescription=" + exitDescription;
 	}
 
 }

infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/RepeatInterceptor.java

@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ public interface RepeatInterceptor {
 	 * @param context the current batch context.
 	 * @return TODO
 	 */
-	ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context);
+	void close(RepeatContext context);
 }

infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/interceptor/ApplicationEventPublisherRepeatInterceptor.java

@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ public class ApplicationEventPublisherRepeatInterceptor implements ApplicationEv
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatInterceptor#close(org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext)
 	 */
-	public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
+	public void close(RepeatContext context) {
 		publish(context, "Closed repeat context with batch complete", RepeatOperationsApplicationEvent.CLOSE);
-		return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
+		//TODO: why is this returning continuable?
+		//return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 	}
 
 	/*

infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/interceptor/RepeatInterceptorAdapter.java

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ public class RepeatInterceptorAdapter implements RepeatInterceptor {
 	public void after(RepeatContext context, Object result) {
 	}
 
-	public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
-		return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
+	public void close(RepeatContext context) {
 	}
 
 	public void onError(RepeatContext context, Throwable e) {

infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/support/RepeatTemplate.java

@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ public class RepeatTemplate implements RepeatOperations {
 				try {
 					for (int i = interceptors.length; i-- > 0;) {
 						RepeatInterceptor interceptor = interceptors[i];
-						result = result.and(interceptor.close(context));
+						interceptor.close(context);
 					}
 				}
 				finally {

infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/ExitStatusTests.java

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ public class ExitStatusTests extends TestCase {
 	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#ExitStatus(boolean, int)}.
 	 */
 	public void testExitStatusBooleanInt() {
-		ExitStatus status = new ExitStatus(true, 10);
+		ExitStatus status = new ExitStatus(true, "10");
 		assertTrue(status.isContinuable());
-		assertEquals(10, status.getExitCode());
+		assertEquals("10", status.getExitCode());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ExitStatusTests extends TestCase {
 	public void testExitStatusConstantsContinuable() {
 		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 		assertTrue(status.isContinuable());
-		assertEquals(0, status.getExitCode());
+		assertEquals("", status.getExitCode());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class ExitStatusTests extends TestCase {
 	public void testExitStatusConstantsFinished() {
 		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.FINISHED;
 		assertFalse(status.isContinuable());
-		assertEquals(0, status.getExitCode());
+		assertEquals("", status.getExitCode());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -62,43 +62,8 @@ public class ExitStatusTests extends TestCase {
 	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#and(org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus)}.
 	 */
 	public void testAndExitStatus() {
-		assertTrue(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE.and(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE).isContinuable());
-		assertFalse(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE.and(ExitStatus.FINISHED).isContinuable());
+		assertTrue(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE.and(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE.isContinuable()).isContinuable());
+		assertFalse(ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE.and(ExitStatus.FINISHED.isContinuable()).isContinuable());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#addExitCode(int)}.
-	 */
-	public void testAddExitCode() {
-		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.FINISHED.addExitCode(10);
-		assertEquals(10, status.getExitCode());
-		assertFalse(status.isContinuable());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#addExitCode(int)}.
-	 */
-	public void testAddExitCodeBothNegative() {
-		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.FINISHED.addExitCode(-2);
-		assertEquals(-2, status.getExitCode());
-		assertEquals(-3, status.addExitCode(-3).getExitCode());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#addExitCode(int)}.
-	 */
-	public void testAddExitCodeBothPositive() {
-		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.FINISHED.addExitCode(2);
-		assertEquals(2, status.getExitCode());
-		assertEquals(3, status.addExitCode(3).getExitCode());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for {@link org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus#addExitCode(int)}.
-	 */
-	public void testAddExitCodeNewNegative() {
-		ExitStatus status = ExitStatus.FINISHED.addExitCode(2);
-		assertEquals(2, status.getExitCode());
-		assertEquals(-3, status.addExitCode(-3).getExitCode());
-	}
 }

infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/repeat/interceptor/RepeatInterceptorTests.java

@@ -149,14 +149,12 @@ public class RepeatInterceptorTests extends TestCase {
 		RepeatTemplate template = new RepeatTemplate();
 		final List calls = new ArrayList();
 		template.setInterceptors(new RepeatInterceptor[] { new RepeatInterceptorAdapter() {
-			public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
+			public void close(RepeatContext context) {
 				calls.add("1");
-				return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 			}
 		}, new RepeatInterceptorAdapter() {
-			public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
+			public void close(RepeatContext context) {
 				calls.add("2");
-				return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 			}
 		} });
 		template.iterate(new RepeatCallback() {
@@ -171,32 +169,6 @@ public class RepeatInterceptorTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("[2, 1]", calls.toString());
 	}
 
-	public void testCloseInterceptorsCanChangeExitCode() throws Exception {
-		RepeatTemplate template = new RepeatTemplate();
-		final List calls = new ArrayList();
-		template.setInterceptors(new RepeatInterceptor[] { new RepeatInterceptorAdapter() {
-			public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
-				calls.add("1");
-				return ExitStatus.FINISHED.addExitCode(1);
-			}
-		}, new RepeatInterceptorAdapter() {
-			public ExitStatus close(RepeatContext context) {
-				calls.add("2");
-				return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
-			}
-		} });
-		ExitStatus status = template.iterate(new RepeatCallback() {
-			public ExitStatus doInIteration(RepeatContext context) throws Exception {
-				count++;
-				return new ExitStatus(count < 2);
-			}
-		});
-		// Test that only one call comes in to the callback...
-		assertEquals(2, count);
-		// ... and the interceptor is called once.
-		assertEquals("[2, 1]", calls.toString());
-		assertEquals(1, status.getExitCode());
-	}
 
 	public void testOnErrorInterceptors() throws Exception {
 		RepeatTemplate template = new RepeatTemplate();

samples/20070122.testStream.xmlFileStep.xml

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><purchaseOrders xsi:schemaLocation="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders purchaseorders.xsd" xmlns="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><order><customer><name>Gladys Kravitz</name><address>Anytown, PA</address><age>34</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 14:16:00.0 GMT</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vol 1</description><perUnitOunces>5.0</perUnitOunces><price>21.79</price><quantity>2</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vol 2</description><perUnitOunces>5.0</perUnitOunces><price>19.89</price><quantity>2</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order><order><customer><name>John Smith</name><address>Chicago, IL</address><age>46</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 14:16:02.0 GMT</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>XmlBeans in Action</description><perUnitOunces>3.0</perUnitOunces><price>41.29</price><quantity>1</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>JSR-173</description><perUnitOunces>1.0</perUnitOunces><price>11.99</price><quantity>5</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>Teach Yourself XML in 21 days</description><perUnitOunces>1.0</perUnitOunces><price>35.49</price><quantity>1</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order><order><customer><name>Peter Newman</name><address>Cleveland, OH</address><age>23</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 14:16:35.0 GMT</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>Java 6</description><perUnitOunces>2.0</perUnitOunces><price>12.79</price><quantity>3</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order></purchaseOrders>
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><purchaseOrders xsi:schemaLocation="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders purchaseorders.xsd" xmlns="http://adsj.accenture.com/purchaseorders" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><order><customer><name>Gladys Kravitz</name><address>Anytown, PA</address><age>34</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 08:16:00.0 CST</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vol 1</description><perUnitOunces>5.0</perUnitOunces><price>21.79</price><quantity>2</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Vol 2</description><perUnitOunces>5.0</perUnitOunces><price>19.89</price><quantity>2</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order><order><customer><name>John Smith</name><address>Chicago, IL</address><age>46</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 08:16:02.0 CST</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>XmlBeans in Action</description><perUnitOunces>3.0</perUnitOunces><price>41.29</price><quantity>1</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>JSR-173</description><perUnitOunces>1.0</perUnitOunces><price>11.99</price><quantity>5</quantity></lineItem><lineItem><description>Teach Yourself XML in 21 days</description><perUnitOunces>1.0</perUnitOunces><price>35.49</price><quantity>1</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order><order><customer><name>Peter Newman</name><address>Cleveland, OH</address><age>23</age><moo>0</moo><poo>0</poo></customer><date>2003-01-07 08:16:35.0 CST</date><lineItems><lineItem><description>Java 6</description><perUnitOunces>2.0</perUnitOunces><price>12.79</price><quantity>3</quantity></lineItem></lineItems></order></purchaseOrders>

samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/module/ExceptionRestartableTasklet.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.sample.module;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.RestartableItemProviderTasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.BatchCriticalException;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 
 /**
  * Hacked {@link Tasklet} that throws exception on a given record number
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class ExceptionRestartableTasklet extends RestartableItemProviderTasklet
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see Tasklet#execute()
 	 */
-	public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+	public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 		
 		counter++;
 		if (counter == throwExceptionOnRecordNumber) {

samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/module/InfiniteLoopTasklet.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.sample.module;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.statistics.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.springframework.batch.support.PropertiesConverter;
 
@@ -41,10 +42,10 @@ public class InfiniteLoopTasklet implements Tasklet, StatisticsProvider {
 		super();
 	}
 	
-	public boolean execute() throws Exception {
+	public ExitStatus execute() throws Exception {
 		Thread.sleep(500);
 		count++;
-		return true;
+		return ExitStatus.CONTINUABLE;
 	}
 	
 	/* (non-Javadoc)

samples/src/main/resources/simple-container-definition.xml

@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="batchContainer" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
+	<bean id="jobExecutorFacade" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.facade.SimpleJobExecutorFacade">
 		<property name="jobRepository" ref="simpleJobRepository" />
 		<property name="jobConfigurationLocator" ref="jobConfigurationRegistry"/>
 		<property name="jobExecutor" ref="jobExecutor" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.SimpleJobLauncher">
-		<property name="batchContainer" ref="batchContainer" />
+		<property name="jobExecutorFacade" ref="jobExecutorFacade" />
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="jobConfigurationRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.execution.configuration.MapJobConfigurationRegistry"/>

samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/AbstractBatchLauncherTests.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.sample;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.JobConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap.SynchronousJobLauncher;
 import org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests;
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractBatchLauncherTests extends AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests {
 
-	protected JobLauncher launcher;
+	protected SynchronousJobLauncher launcher;
 	private JobConfiguration jobConfiguration;
 
 	/**
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBatchLauncherTests extends AbstractDependencyInjec
 		return jobConfiguration.getName();
 	}
 
-	public void setBatchContainerLauncher(JobLauncher launcher) {
+	public void setBatchContainerLauncher(SynchronousJobLauncher launcher) {
 		this.launcher = launcher;
 	}
 	

samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/AbstractLifecycleSpringContextTests.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLifecycleSpringContextTests extends AbstractBatchL
 
 	public void testLifecycle() throws Exception {
 		validatePreConditions();
-		launcher.start(getJobName());
+		launcher.run(getJobName());
 		launcher.stop();
 		validatePostConditions();
 	}

samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/GracefulShutdownFunctionalTest.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class GracefulShutdownFunctionalTest extends AbstractBatchLauncherTests {
 		Thread jobThread = new Thread(){
 			public void run(){
 				try {
-					launcher.start(getJobName());
+					launcher.run(getJobName());
 				}
 				catch (RepeatException e) {
 					if (!(e.getCause() instanceof InterruptedException)) {

samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/RestartFunctionalTests.java

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class RestartFunctionalTests extends AbstractBatchLauncherTests {
 
 	// load the application context and launch the job
 	private void runJob() throws Exception, Exception {
-		launcher.start(getJobName());
+		launcher.run(getJobName());
 	}
 
 }