Define an in-memory JobRepository

Question

I'm testing Spring Batch using Spring boot. My need is to define jobs working on an Oracle Database but I don't want to save jobs and steps states inside this DB. I've read in the documentation I can use a in-memory repository with the MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean.

Then, I've implemented this bean:

@Bean
    public JobRepository jobRepository() {
        MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean factoryBean = new MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean(new ResourcelessTransactionManager());
        try {
            JobRepository jobRepository = factoryBean.getObject();
            return jobRepository;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        }
    }

But when my job starts, the first thing Spring Batch does is to create the table in the Oracle DB and continues to use the Oracle datasource. It's like my JobRepository definition isn't taken account.

What did I miss ?

EDIT: I'm using Spring Boot 1.5.3 and Spring Batch 3.0.7

Answer 1

With SpringBoot 2.x, the solution is simpler.

You have to extend the DefaultBatchConfigurer class like this:

@Component
public class NoPersistenceBatchConfigurer extends DefaultBatchConfigurer {
    @Override
    public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
    }
}

Without datasource, the framework automatically switches to use the MapJobRepository.

Answer 2

A few things here:

1. If you have a DataSource configured in your ApplicationContext, by default Spring Batch will try to use it.
2. In order to not use a DataSource when one is available within the ApplicationContext, you'll need to create your own BatchConfigurer. You can do that by extending the DefaultBatchConfigurer.
3. Don't use the MapJobRepository except only for testing purposes. I has a number of issues (thread safety, etc) and is not recommended for production use. Use an in memory database like HSQLDB instead (you'll still need to create your own BatchConfigurer to do so).