diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/CommandLineJobRunner.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/CommandLineJobRunner.java
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index 000000000..4c50955ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/CommandLineJobRunner.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2008 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.bootstrap.support;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.IncorrectJobCountException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.NoSuchJobException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.executor.ExitCodeExceptionClassifier;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobExecutionAlreadyRunningException;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.runtime.JobParametersFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.step.simple.SimpleExitCodeExceptionClassifier;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ *
+ */
+public class CommandLineJobRunner {
+
+ protected static final Log logger = LogFactory
+ .getLog(CommandLineJobRunner.class);
+
+ private ExitCodeMapper exitCodeMapper = new SimpleJvmExitCodeMapper();
+
+ private ExitCodeExceptionClassifier exceptionClassifier = new SimpleExitCodeExceptionClassifier();
+
+ private JobLauncher launcher;
+
+ private SystemExiter systemExiter = new JvmSystemExiter();
+
+ private JobParametersFactory jobParametersFactory = new ScheduledJobParametersFactory();
+
+ /**
+ * Injection setter for the {@link JobLauncher}.
+ *
+ * @param launcher
+ * the launcher to set
+ */
+ public void setLauncher(JobLauncher launcher) {
+ this.launcher = launcher;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Injection setter for the {@link ExitCodeExceptionClassifier}
+ *
+ * @param exceptionClassifier
+ */
+ public void setExceptionClassifier(
+ ExitCodeExceptionClassifier exceptionClassifier) {
+ this.exceptionClassifier = exceptionClassifier;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Injection setter for the {@link JvmExitCodeMapper}.
+ *
+ * @param exitCodeMapper
+ * the exitCodeMapper to set
+ */
+ public void setExitCodeMapper(ExitCodeMapper exitCodeMapper) {
+ this.exitCodeMapper = exitCodeMapper;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Injection setter for the {@link SystemExiter}.
+ *
+ * @param systemExitor
+ */
+ public void setSystemExiter(SystemExiter systemExitor) {
+ this.systemExiter = systemExitor;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Delegate to the exiter to (possibly) exit the VM gracefully.
+ *
+ * @param status
+ */
+ public void exit(int status) {
+ systemExiter.exit(status);
+ }
+
+ int start(String jobPath, String environmentPath, String[] parameters) {
+
+ try {
+ ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] {
+ jobPath, environmentPath });
+ context.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().autowireBeanProperties(this,
+ AutowireCapableBeanFactory.AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE, false);
+ Job job = getJob(context);
+
+ JobParameters jobParameters = jobParametersFactory.getJobParameters(StringUtils
+ .splitArrayElementsIntoProperties(parameters, "="));
+
+ JobExecution jobExecution = launcher.run(job, jobParameters);
+ return exitCodeMapper.getExitCode(jobExecution.getExitStatus()
+ .getExitCode());
+ } catch (Throwable e) {
+ logger.error("Job Terminated in error:", e);
+ return exitCodeMapper.getExitCode(exceptionClassifier
+ .classifyForExitCode(e).getExitCode());
+ }
+ }
+
+ private Job getJob(ApplicationContext context)
+ throws IncorrectJobCountException, NoSuchJobException {
+
+ String[] jobs = context.getBeanNamesForType(Job.class);
+
+ if (jobs.length > 1) {
+ logger.error("More than one job exists in the provided context: [" + "jobPath" + "]");
+ throw new IncorrectJobCountException(
+ "More than one job exists in the provided context. Bean Names: ["
+ + jobs + "]");
+ } else if (jobs.length == 0) {
+ throw new NoSuchJobException("No jobs found in the provided context.");
+ }
+
+ return (Job) context.getBean(jobs[0]);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Launch a batch job using a {@link SimpleCommandLineJobRunner}. Creates a
+ * new Spring context for the job execution, and uses a common parent for
+ * all such contexts. No exception are thrown from this method, rather
+ * exceptions are logged and an integer returned through the exit status in
+ * a {@link JvmSystemExiter} (which can be overridden by defining one in the
+ * Spring context).
+ *
+ * @param args
+ *
+ * - -Djob.configuration.path: the classpath location of the
+ * JobConfiguration to use
+ *
- -Djob.name: job name to be passed to the
+ * {@link JobLauncher}
+ *
- -Dbatch.execution.environment.key: the key in
+ * beanRefContext.xml used to load the execution environment
+ * which will be the parent context for the job execution
+ * (mandatory if -Dbean.ref.context is specified).
+ *
- -Dbean.ref.context: the location for beanRefContext.xml
+ * (optional, default is to only use the context specified in the
+ * job.configuration.path) (@see
+ * {@link SingletonBeanFactoryLocator}).
+ *
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+ String jobPath = args[0];
+ String executionPath = args[1];
+ String[] parameters = new String[args.length - 2];
+ System.arraycopy(args, 2, parameters, 0, args.length - 2);
+
+ CommandLineJobRunner command = new CommandLineJobRunner();
+ int result = command.start(jobPath, executionPath, parameters);
+ command.exit(result);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/ExitCodeMapper.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/ExitCodeMapper.java
index 41d74e7bd..41afe4af3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/ExitCodeMapper.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/ExitCodeMapper.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public interface ExitCodeMapper {
static int JVM_EXITCODE_JOB_ERROR = 2;
public static final String NO_SUCH_JOB = "NO_SUCH_JOB";
public static final String JOB_NOT_PROVIDED = "JOB_NOT_PROVIDED";
+ public static final String MULTIPLE_JOBS_FOUND = "MULTIPLE_JOBS_FOUND";
/**
* Transform the exitcode known by the batchframework into an exitcode in the
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/CommandLineJobRunnerTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/CommandLineJobRunnerTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2008 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.bootstrap.support;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobExecutionAlreadyRunningException;
+import org.springframework.batch.execution.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ *
+ */
+public class CommandLineJobRunnerTests extends TestCase {
+
+ private static final String JOB = "org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/job.xml";
+ private static final String TEST_BATCH_ENVIRONMENT = "org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/test-environment.xml";
+
+ /* (non-Javadoc)
+ * @see junit.framework.TestCase#setUp()
+ */
+ protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+ super.setUp();
+ }
+
+ public void testMain(){
+
+ String jobPath = JOB;
+ String environmentPath = TEST_BATCH_ENVIRONMENT;
+ String jobKey = "job.Key=myKey";
+ String scheduleDate = "schedule.Date=01/23/2008";
+ String vendorId = "vendor.id=33243243";
+
+ String[] args = new String[]{jobPath, environmentPath, jobKey, scheduleDate, vendorId};
+
+ JobExecution jobExecution = new JobExecution(null, new Long(1));
+ ExitStatus exitStatus = ExitStatus.FINISHED;
+ jobExecution.setExitStatus(exitStatus);
+ StubJobLauncher.jobExecution = jobExecution;
+
+ CommandLineJobRunner.main(args);
+
+ assertEquals(0, StubSystemExiter.getStatus());
+ }
+
+ public static class StubSystemExiter implements SystemExiter {
+
+ public static int status;
+
+ public void exit(int status) {
+ StubSystemExiter.status = status;
+ }
+
+ public static int getStatus() {
+ return status;
+ }
+ }
+
+ public static class StubJobLauncher implements JobLauncher{
+
+ public static JobExecution jobExecution;
+ public static boolean throwExecutionRunningException = false;
+
+ public JobExecution run(Job job, JobParameters jobParameters)
+ throws JobExecutionAlreadyRunningException {
+
+ if(throwExecutionRunningException){
+ throw new JobExecutionAlreadyRunningException("");
+ }
+
+ return jobExecution;
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/job.xml b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/support/job.xml
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