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xJCL sample for a batch job
The following sample illustrates a batch job, which demonstrates that you can invoke existing session beans from within job steps.
<job name="PostingsSampleEar" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <jndi-name>ejb/com/ibm/websphere/samples/PostingsJob </jndi-name> <step-scheduling-criteria> <scheduling-mode>sequential </scheduling-mode> </step-scheduling-criteria> <checkpoint-algorithm name="${checkpoint}"> <classname>com.ibm.wsspi.batch.checkpointalgorithms.${checkpoint} </classname> <props> <prop name="interval" value="${checkpointInterval}" /> </props> </checkpoint-algorithm> <results-algorithms> <results-algorithm name="jobsum"> <classname>com.ibm.wsspi.batch.resultsalgorithms.jobsum </classname> </results-algorithm> </results-algorithms> <substitution-props> <prop name="wsbatch.count" value="5" /> <prop name="checkpoint" value="timebased" /> <prop name="checkpointInterval" value="15" /> <prop name="postingsDataStream" value="${was.install.root}${file.separator}temp${file.separator}postings" /> </substitution-props> <job-step name="Step1"> <jndi-name>ejb/DataCreationBean </jndi-name> <!-- apply checkpoint policy to step1 --> <checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" /> <results-ref name="jobsum"/> <batch-data-streams> <bds> <logical-name>myoutput </logical-name> <impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.PostingOutputStream </impl-class> <props> <prop name="FILENAME" value="${postingsDataStream}" /> </props> </bds> </batch-data-streams> <props> <prop name="wsbatch.count" value="${wsbatch.count}" /> </props> </job-step> <job-step name="Step2"> <step-scheduling condition="OR"> <returncode-expression step="Step1" operator="eq" value="0" /> <returncode-expression step="Step1" operator="eq" value="4" /> </step-scheduling> <jndi-name>ejb/PostingAccountData </jndi-name> <checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" /> <results-ref name="jobsum"/> <batch-data-streams> <bds> <logical-name>myinput </logical-name> <impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.PostingStream </impl-class> <props> <prop name="FILENAME" value="${postingsDataStream}" /> </props> </bds> </batch-data-streams> </job-step> <job-step name="Step3"> <step-scheduling> <returncode-expression step="Step2" operator="eq" value="4" /> </step-scheduling> <jndi-name>ejb/OverdraftAccountPosting </jndi-name> <checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" /> <results-ref name="jobsum" /> <batch-data-streams> <bds> <logical-name>dbread </logical-name> <impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.OverdraftInputStream </impl-class> </bds> </batch-data-streams> </job-step> </job>
xJCL elements
XML schema for a batch job