.For your convenience Apress has placed some of the front matter material after the index. Please use the Bookmarks and Contents at a Glance links to access them. .Contents at a Glance About the Author. xii About the Technical Reviewer . xiii Acknowledgments . xiv Chapter 1: Batch and Chapter 2: Spring Batch Chapter 3: Sample Job29 Chapter 4: Understanding Jobs and Steps45 Chapter 5: Job Repository and Metadata .99 Chapter 6: Running a Job .119 Chapter 7: Readers .165 Chapter 8: Item Processors 233 Chapter 9: Item.