(2) there is now very readable pseudo code (groovy script) in the end of the explanation that pulls together the developer logic. This code executes correctly if you have the groovy plugin installed. I created a separate project for myself called spring-batch-docs-examples with the groovy nature that makes it much easier for me to get example code running and then document from easier to read scripting code." /Users/wxlund/workspace/spring-batch-source-forge/trunk/docs/src/site/docbook/reference/staxReaderWriter.xml