Spring batch pause/resume vs stop/restart

Question

I am new to spring batch and has some questions regarding pause/resume. After reading spring batch documentation, there doesn't seem to have any built-in pause or resume functions. However, there is this use case i found from the main site:

http://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/2.0.x/cases/pause.html

There are no sample codes provided or is there any place I could find these samples?

In Spring batch, I understand there is a stop and restart function built-in. Could I use this as a form of pause and resume? Or there is another better way of doing it?

Answer 1

Stop/restart is essentially pause and resume. It allows you to programmatically stop a running job and pick up where it left off.