job4j

Java framework to create batch job and workflow easily

It is not just another framework like JBatch/Spring Batch/Easy Batch. job4j will support various batch processing technologies on a single platform.

As of now it only supports BlockingQueue & ThreadPoolExecuter based solution.

Basic Documentation:

1. Each Job has 3 components: InputProducer, Task, OutputConsumer
2. InputProducer & OutputConsumer are single threaded.
3. Task is multithreaded, configured by maxThreadCount
4. Jobs, JobGroups and JobFlow can be started/scheduled independently.
5. Multiple Job can be added to a JobGroup which runs parallely.
6. Multiple JobGroup can be added to a JobFlow which runs sequentially.
7. If a JobFlow contains Jobs in its two adjacent JobGroup, where output of a Job in 1st JobGroup is of same type as input of another Job in next JobGroup, a JobPipe gets created automatically for data flow.  
8. Developers just need to implement 3 Interfaces(1 method in each): InputProducer, Task, OutputConsumer
9. Job can be controlled/monitored by web: http://localhost:8080/job4j-0.0.1/joblist


It's initial version of implementation...
Design can change to accomodate future implementations.

Easy Configuration (currently using spring context file):

To create Job:
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<bean id="job1InputProducer" class="com.talentica.job4j.test.job1.Job1InputProducer"/>
<bean id="job1Task" class="com.talentica.job4j.test.job1.Job1Task" scope="prototype"/>
<bean id="job1OutputConsumer" class="com.talentica.job4j.test.job1.Job1OutputConsumer"/> 

<bean id="testJob1" class="com.talentica.job4j.impl.queue.QueueJob">
  	<property name="name" value="TestJob1" />
	<property name="startCronSchedule" value="0 * * * *" />
	<property name="stopCronSchedule" value="55 * * * *" />				
	<property name="timeZone" value="IST" />
	
	<property name="inputProducer" ref="job1InputProducer" />		
  	<property name="task" ref="job1Task" />
	<property name="outputConsumer" ref="job1OutputConsumer" />	
	
  	<property name="maxThreadCount" value="5" />
	<property name="threadSleepTime" value="4000" />
</bean>
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To create JobFlow:
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<bean id="jobGroup1" class="com.talentica.job4j.model.JobGroup">
	<property name="jobList">
		<list>
			<ref bean="testJob1"/>
			<ref bean="testJob2"/>
		</list>
	</property>
</bean>

<bean id="jobGroup2" class="com.talentica.job4j.model.JobGroup">
	<property name="jobList">
		<list>
			<ref bean="testJob3"/>
		</list>
	</property>
</bean>

<bean id="jobFlow1" class="com.talentica.job4j.model.JobFlow">
	<property name="jobGroupList">
		<list>
			<ref bean="jobGroup1"/>
			<ref bean="jobGroup2"/>
		</list>
	</property>
</bean>
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Demo: https://github.com/smrjan/job4j-demo

Presentation: https://speakerdeck.com/smrjan/job4j-overview

Future Works:

1. Configure Job via DB
2. Custom job4j XML Configuration (For non spring projects)
3. Fork Join Implementation
4. Map Reduce Implementation