diff --git a/spring-batch-core/.settings/com.springsource.sts.config.flow.prefs b/spring-batch-core/.settings/com.springsource.sts.config.flow.prefs
index 82192efaa..9aaeffd8e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/.settings/com.springsource.sts.config.flow.prefs
+++ b/spring-batch-core/.settings/com.springsource.sts.config.flow.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Jun 28 17:47:16 BST 2010
+#Tue Jun 29 12:57:54 BST 2010
//com.springsource.sts.config.flow.coordinates\:http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch\:/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerMethodAttributeParserTests-context.xml=\n\n\n\n\n\n
//com.springsource.sts.config.flow.coordinates\:http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch\:/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryDefaultParserTests-context.xml=\n
+//com.springsource.sts.config.flow.coordinates\:http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch\:/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepListenerMethodAttributeParserTests-context.xml=\n\n\n\n\n\n
//com.springsource.sts.config.flow.coordinates\:http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch\:/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithPojoListenerJobParserTests-context.xml=\n\n\n\n\n\n
eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DummyPojoStepExecutionListener.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DummyPojoStepExecutionListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f40ade7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/DummyPojoStepExecutionListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ * @since 2.1.2
+ */
+public class DummyPojoStepExecutionListener extends AbstractTestComponent {
+
+ public void execute() {
+ executed = true;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepListenerMethodAttributeParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepListenerMethodAttributeParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce78943ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepListenerMethodAttributeParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.core.configuration.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.TaskletStep;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dan Garrette
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class StepListenerMethodAttributeParserTests {
+
+ @Autowired
+ @Qualifier("s1")
+ private Step step1;
+
+ @Test
+ public void testInheritListeners() throws Exception {
+ List> list = getListeners(step1);
+ assertEquals(2, list.size());
+ }
+
+ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+ private List> getListeners(Step step) throws Exception {
+ assertTrue(step instanceof TaskletStep);
+
+ Object compositeListener = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(step, "stepExecutionListener");
+ Object composite = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(compositeListener, "list");
+ List proxiedListeners = (List) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(
+ composite, "list");
+ List