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How to add properties file to Spring XML context?

Here is the structure of sample Spring application
src
main
my.example
- MyBean.java
- AppMain.java
resources
- applicationContext.xml
- some.properties
applicationContext.xml
<beans ...>
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:some.properties"/>
<bean id="a" class="my.example.MyBean"/>
</beans>
some.properties
myprop=something
AppMain.java
public class AppMain {
public static void main(String[] args) {
var context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext();
context.setConfigLocations("classpath:applicationContext.xml");
context.refresh();
var bean = context.getBean("a");
println(bean); // available
ConfigurableEnvironment environment = context.getEnvironment();
String javaHome = environment.getProperty("java.home");
String myprop = environment.getProperty("myprop");
println(environment.getPropertySources());
println("javaHome is " + javaHome); // ok
println("myprop is " + myprop); // is null
}
}
Output:
my.example.MyBean#cecf639
[PropertiesPropertySource {name='systemProperties'}, SystemEnvironmentPropertySource {name='systemEnvironment'}]
javahome is [/mypath/to/java/17.0.5-zulu]
myprop is [null]
As the output shows the property sources do not contains some.properties file, and hence myprop is null. At the same time the bean MyBean is available, which means applicationContext.xml was processed.
Why <context:property-placeholder ...> had no effect?
How to add some.properties file to the context, and get correct myprop value?

Application context not loading after Spring 4 upgrade

I'm in the process of upgrading the spring framework version used in our webapp from 3.1.4 to 4.1.8. With the new Spring version, A few of our unit tests are failing because #Autowired is no longer working. This is one of the failing tests:
#ContextConfiguration(locations={"/math-application-context.xml"})
public class MathematicaMathServiceTest extends JavaMathServiceTest{
#Autowired
private KernelLinkPool mathematicalKernelPool;
protected static String originalServiceType = System.getProperty("calculation.math.service.type");
#AfterClass
public static void unsetMathServiceType(){
System.clearProperty("calculation.math.service.type");
}
#BeforeClass
public static void setMathServiceType(){
System.setProperty("calculation.math.service.type","Mathematica");
}
#Test
public void testMathematicaService() throws Exception{
try {
acquireKernelAndExecute(0);
Assert.assertEquals(0, mathematicalKernelPool.getBorrowingThreadsCount());
} catch(UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
System.out.println("Mathematica not installed. Skipping test");
}catch(Exception ex){
if (!ExceptionFormatter.hasCause(ex, MathServiceNotConfiguredException.class)){throw ex;}
if (System.getProperty(MathService.SERVICE_CONFIGURED_SYSTEM_VARIABLE) != null){
throw ex;
}
logger.error("Cannot execute test. Math service is not configured");
}
}
}
This is the KernelLinkPool class:
public class KernelLinkPool extends GenericObjectPool implements InitializingBean{
private static final int RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000;
private static final long STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_MS = 10000;
private boolean mathematicaConfigured = true;
private PoolableObjectFactory factory;
// ensures that multiple requests from the same thread will be given the same KernelLink object
private static ThreadLocal<KernelLink> threadBoundKernel = new ThreadLocal<KernelLink>();
// holds the number of requests issued on each thread
private static ThreadLocal<Integer> callDepth = new ThreadLocal<Integer>();
private long maxBorrowWait;
private Integer maxKernels;
private boolean releaseLicenseOnReturn;
private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
// (used only for unit testing at this point)
private Map<String,Integer> borrowingThreads = new ConcurrentHashMap<String,Integer>();
public KernelLinkPool(PoolableObjectFactory factory) {
super(factory);
this.factory = factory;
this.setMaxWait(maxBorrowWait);
}
#Override
public Object borrowObject() throws Exception{
return borrowObject(this.maxBorrowWait);
}
public Object borrowObject(long waitTime) throws Exception {
long starttime = System.currentTimeMillis();
if (!mathematicaConfigured){
throw new MathServiceNotConfiguredException();
}
try{
if (callDepth.get() == null){
callDepth.set(1);
}else{
callDepth.set(callDepth.get()+1);
}
KernelLink link = null;
if (threadBoundKernel.get() != null){
link = threadBoundKernel.get();
}else{
//obtain kernelLink from object pool
//retry when borrowObject fail until
//maxBorrowWait is reached
while(true){
try{
logger.debug("Borrowing MathKernel from object pool");
link = (KernelLink) super.borrowObject();
break;
}catch(KernelLinkCreationException ex){
long timeElapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - starttime;
logger.info("Failed to borrow MathKernel. Time elapsed [" + timeElapsed + "] ms", ex);
if(timeElapsed >= waitTime){
logger.info("Retry timeout reached");
throw ex;
}
Thread.sleep(RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS);
}
}
logger.debug("borrowed [" + link + "]");
threadBoundKernel.set(link);
}
borrowingThreads.put(Thread.currentThread().getName(),callDepth.get());
return link;
}catch(Exception ex){
logger.error("Failed to acquire Mathematica kernel. Borrowing threads [" + borrowingThreads + "]");
throw ex;
}
}
public void returnObject(Object obj) throws Exception {
callDepth.set(callDepth.get()-1);
if (callDepth.get() <= 0){
threadBoundKernel.set(null);
borrowingThreads.remove(Thread.currentThread().getName());
if (releaseLicenseOnReturn){
// will destroy obj
super.invalidateObject(obj);
}
else{
// will park obj in the pool of idle objects
super.returnObject(obj);
}
}else{
borrowingThreads.put(Thread.currentThread().getName(),callDepth.get());
}
}
#Override
public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
try{
if (maxKernels == 0){
List<KernelLink> links = new ArrayList<KernelLink>();
while (true){
try{
links.add((KernelLink)factory.makeObject());
}catch(KernelLinkCreationException ex){
break;
}
}
if(links.isEmpty()){
logger.warn("No available Mathematica license!");
mathematicaConfigured = false;
return;
}
for (KernelLink link : links){
factory.destroyObject(link);
}
logger.info("Detected number of available Mathematica license = [" + links.size() + "]");
setMaxActive(links.size());
setMaxIdle(links.size());
}else{
if(maxKernels < 0){
logger.info("Set number of Mathematica license to no limit");
}else{
logger.info("Set number of Mathematica license to [" + maxKernels + "]");
}
setMaxActive(maxKernels);
setMaxIdle(maxKernels);
}
Object ob = borrowObject(STARTUP_WAIT_TIME_MS);
returnObject(ob);
mathematicaConfigured = true;
}catch(Throwable ex){
logger.warn("Mathematica kernel pool could not be configured: ", ex.getMessage());
mathematicaConfigured = false;
}
}
public int getBorrowingThreadsCount() {
return borrowingThreads.size();
}
public Integer getMaxKernels() {
return maxKernels;
}
public void setMaxKernels(Integer maxKernels) {
this.maxKernels = maxKernels;
}
public boolean isMathematicaConfigured(){
return mathematicaConfigured;
}
public boolean isReleaseLicenseOnReturn() {
return releaseLicenseOnReturn;
}
public void setReleaseLicenseOnReturn(boolean releaseLicenseOnReturn) {
this.releaseLicenseOnReturn = releaseLicenseOnReturn;
}
public long getMaxBorrowWait() {
return maxBorrowWait;
}
public void setMaxBorrowWait(long maxBorrowWait) {
this.maxBorrowWait = maxBorrowWait;
}
}
The tests are failing with this exception:
org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type [com.etse.math.wolfram.KernelLinkPool] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {#org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)}
This is the math-application-context file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
<beans profile="unitTest,integratedTest,activeServer">
<bean class="org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter"
lazy-init="false">
<property name="registrationBehaviorName" value="REGISTRATION_IGNORE_EXISTING" />
<property name="beans">
<map>
<entry key="etse.math:name=MathematicalKernelFactory"
value-ref="mathematicalKernelFactory" />
<entry key="etse.math:name=MathematicalKernelPool" value-ref="mathematicalKernelPool" />
</map>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="mathService" class="com.etse.math.MathServiceFactoryBean">
<property name="mathServiceType" value="${calculation.math.service.type}"/>
<property name="mathematicaService" ref="mathematicaService"/>
</bean>
<bean id="mathematicaService" class="com.etse.math.wolfram.MathematicaService">
<property name="kernelPool" ref="mathematicalKernelPool" />
<property name="minParallelizationSize" value="${calculation.mathematica.kernel.parallel.batch.size}" />
</bean>
<bean id="mathematicalKernelPool" class="com.etse.math.wolfram.KernelLinkPool"
destroy-method="close">
<constructor-arg ref="mathematicalKernelFactory" />
<property name="maxKernels" value="${calculation.mathematica.max.kernels}" />
<property name="maxBorrowWait"
value="${calculation.mathematica.kernel.borrow.max.wait}" />
<property name="releaseLicenseOnReturn"
value="${calculation.mathematica.kernel.release.license.on.return}" />
</bean>
<bean id="mathematicalKernelFactory" class="com.etse.math.wolfram.KernelLinkFactory">
<property name="debugPackets" value="false" />
<property name="linkMode" value="launch" />
<property name="mathematicaKernelLocation" value="${calculation.mathematica.kernel.location}" />
<property name="mathematicaLibraryLocation" value="${calculation.mathematica.library.location}" />
<property name="mathematicaAddOnsDirectory" value="${calculation.mathematica.addons.directory}" />
<property name="linkProtocol" value="sharedMemory" />
</bean>
</beans>
<beans profile="passiveServer,thickClient,tools">
<bean id="mathService" class="com.etse.math.DummyMathService"/>
</beans>
I also tried using the application context to load the bean, but that failed with the following exception:
org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named 'mathematicalKernelPool' is defined
If I remove the autowired field, the test fails with a NoSuchBeanDefinitionException for another bean (mathService) that is loaded via the application context in a super class. So it appears that the application context from math-application-context is not loaded for some reason. Any idea of what could be happening here? Thank you.
UPDATE:
I took a look at the beans defined in the application context and confirmed that none of the beans defined in math-application-context are present. The application context contains only beans defined in another context file loaded by the super class. Why would it fail to load math-application-context?

At this point I would honestly get rid of the XML config and go total annotation/code based. Create a Config class and have it create any beans you need to be autowired.

It was a profile issue. The super class to the test was using:
#ProfileValueSourceConfiguration(TestProfileValueSource.class)
to set the profile, but it was not working. After removing that annotation I added:
#ActiveProfiles(resolver=TestProfileValueSource.class) and now its working again.

Spring Boot : Use #Autowired within a Quartz Job

I managed to configure and schedule a Quartz job using JobStoreTX persistent store in Spring Boot ( version 4.2.5 ). Here is how I schedule the job.
First :
public class MyJob implements Job{
#Autowired
IService service;
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
service.doSomething();
}
}
#Autowired seems like it wont work in a Quartz job implementation because it wont be instantiated by Spring. Hence, im facing the famous JavaNullPointerException.
Second, in order to get hold of Spring-managed beans in a Quartz job, I used org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean to manage the Quartz lifecycle :
public class MyJob implements Job{
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
try {
ApplicationContext applicationContext = (ApplicationContext) context.getScheduler().getContext().get("applicationContext");
IService service= applicationContext.getBean(IService.class);
service.getManualMaxConfig();
} catch (SchedulerException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
And then :
<bean id="scheduler"
class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean">
<property name="applicationContextSchedulerContextKey" value="applicationContext" />
</bean>
The sad news is that im also facing JavaNPE.
I also try these suggestions, in vain ..
LINK
Whats wrong with what im doing?
Update 1 :
Before trying to inject service, i tried to pass some Params as #ritesh.garg suggests.
public class MyJob implements Job{
private String someParam;
private int someParam2;
public void setSomeParam(String someParam) {
this.someParam = someParam;
}
public void setSomeParam2(int someParam2) {
this.someParam2 = someParam2;
}
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
System.out.println("My job is running with "+someParam+' '+someParam2);
}
}
And my jobBean.xml looks like :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
<bean id="scheduler"
class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean">
<property name="applicationContextSchedulerContextKey" value="applicationContext" />
</bean>
<bean id="myJob" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailFactoryBean">
<property name="jobClass" value="com.quartz.service.MyJob"/>
<property name="jobDataAsMap">
<map>
<entry key="someParam" value="some value"/>
<entry key="someParam2" value="1"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
I dont know why, but the parameters arent passed and it prints :
My job is running with null 0
Ps : I imported the jobBean.xml into Application.java . So i dont know what am i missing ?
Update 2 : Here is my detailed code :
#Component
public class JobScheduler{
Timer timer = new Timer();
#PostConstruct
public void distributeAutomaticConf(){
try {
timer.schedule(new ServiceImpl(), 10000);
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Service Impl :
#Transactional
#Component
public class ServiceImpl extends TimerTask implements IService{
#Override
public void run() {
final SchedulerFactory factory = new StdSchedulerFactory();
Scheduler scheduler = null;
try {
scheduler = factory.getScheduler();
final JobDetailImpl jobDetail = new JobDetailImpl();
jobDetail.setName("My job executed only once.. ");
jobDetail.setJobClass(MyJob.class);
SimpleTrigger trigger = (SimpleTrigger) newTrigger()
.withIdentity("trigger_", "group_")
.build();
scheduler.start();
scheduler.scheduleJob(jobDetail, trigger);
System.in.read();
if (scheduler != null) {
scheduler.shutdown();
}
} catch (final SchedulerException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (final IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
MyJob :
public class MyJob extends QuartzJobBean{
#Autowired
IService service;
#Override
protected void executeInternal(JobExecutionContext arg0) throws JobExecutionException { SpringBeanAutowiringSupport.processInjectionBasedOnCurrentContext(this);
service.doSomething();
}
}
jobBean.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
<bean id="scheduler"
class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.SchedulerFactoryBean">
<property name="applicationContextSchedulerContextKey" value="applicationContext" />
</bean>
<bean id="myJob" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailFactoryBean">
<property name="jobClass" value="com.quartz.service.MyJob"/>
<property name="jobDataAsMap">
<map>
<entry key="someParam" value="some value"/>
<entry key="someParam2" value="1"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
quartz.properties :
org.quartz.scheduler.instanceName = DefaultQuartzScheduler
org.quartz.scheduler.rmi.export = false
org.quartz.scheduler.rmi.proxy = false
org.quartz.scheduler.wrapJobExecutionInUserTransaction = false
org.quartz.threadPool.class = org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool
org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount = 10
org.quartz.threadPool.threadPriority = 5
org.quartz.threadPool.threadsInheritContextClassLoaderOfInitializingThread = true
org.quartz.jobStore.misfireThreshold = 60000
org.quartz.jobStore.class = org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.JobStoreTX
org.quartz.jobStore.driverDelegateClass=org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.PostgreSQLDelegate
#org.quartz.jobStore.driverDelegateClass = org.quartz.impl.jdbcjobstore.StdJDBCDelegate
org.quartz.jobStore.dataSource = myDS
org.quartz.jobStore.tablePrefix = QRTZ_
org.quartz.dataSource.myDS.driver = org.postgresql.Driver
org.quartz.dataSource.myDS.URL = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/myDB
org.quartz.dataSource.myDS.user = admin
org.quartz.dataSource.myDS.password = admin
org.quartz.dataSource.myDS.maxConnections = 10
org.quartz.scheduler.skipUpdateCheck=true
console :
java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at com.quartz.service.MyJob.executeInternal(MyJob.java:27) ~[classes/:na]
at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.QuartzJobBean.execute(QuartzJobBean.java:113) ~[spring-context-support-3.1.2.RELEASE.jar:3.1.2.RELEASE]
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202) ~[quartz-2.2.1.jar:na]
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:573) [quartz-2.2.1.jar:na]
2016-06-05 11:35:16.839 ERROR 25452 --- [eduler_Worker-1] org.quartz.core.ErrorLogger : Job (DEFAULT.My job executed only once.. threw an exception.
org.quartz.SchedulerException: Job threw an unhandled exception.
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:213) ~[quartz-2.2.1.jar:na]
at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:573) [quartz-2.2.1.jar:na]
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null
at com.quartz.service.MyJob.executeInternal(MyJob.java:27) ~[classes/:na]
at org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.QuartzJobBean.execute(QuartzJobBean.java:113) ~[spring-context-support-3.1.2.RELEASE.jar:3.1.2.RELEASE]
at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:202) ~[quartz-2.2.1.jar:na]
... 1 common frames omitted

I have experienced the same problem in past. My understanding on this issue is that beans instantiated in spring context cannot be injected in quartz context simply by using #Autowired annotation.
I managed to solve it by using setter based dependency injection. But the same is mentioned in the "LINK" you have added in the original post.
Pasting the relevant information from the link:
Update: Replaced implements Job with extends QuartzJobBean
public class MyJob extends QuartzJobBean {
private String someParam;
private int someParam2;
public void setSomeParam(String someParam) {
this.someParam = someParam;
}
public void setSomeParam2(String someParam2) {
this.someParam2 = someParam2;
}
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
System.out.println("My job is running with "+someParam+' '+someParam2);
}
}
Here, someParam and someParam2 are being injected via setter dependency injection. Now the other part that makes this complete is to pass someParam and someParam2 in jobDataAsMap
<bean id="myJob" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailFactoryBean">
<property name="jobClass" value="com.my.MyJob"/>
<property name="jobDataAsMap">
<map>
<entry key="someParam" value="some value"/>
<entry key="someParam2" value="1"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
In your case, it would be a value-ref="IserviceBeanId", instead of 'value' in entry. I would be surprised as well as curious, if this did not/does not work for you.

I fix my problem implementing "InitializingBean" in my job;
public class MyJob extends QuartzJobBean implements InitializingBean {
private String someParam;
private int someParam2;
public void setSomeParam(String someParam) {
this.someParam = someParam;
}
public void setSomeParam2(String someParam2) {
this.someParam2 = someParam2;
}
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
System.out.println("My job is running with "+someParam+' '+someParam2);
}
#Override
public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
}
}

The correct way from the most of the examples I've seen is to make your Job interface implementation a #Component
#Component
public class MyJob implements Job{
#Autowired IService service;
#Override
public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException{
service.doSomething();
}
}

We can use JobDataMap to pass the objects.
example: here restTemplate is Autowired.
JobDataMap newJobDataMap = new JobDataMap();
newJobDataMap.put("restTemplate", restTemplate);
JobDetail someJobDetail = JobBuilder
.newJob(QuartzJob.class)
.withIdentity(jobName, GROUP)
.usingJobData(newJobDataMap)
.build();

How to expose a property in MBean description

The following managed operation exists in the project:
#ManagedOperation(description = "Some description")
#ManagedOperationParameters({
#ManagedOperationParameter(name = "key", description = "Some description"),
})
public void foo(String key) {
// some logic
}
Also there is a property which can be used in Spring context by surrounding it with dollar sign and square brackets:
"${some.property.key}"
Is it possible to use the value of aforementioned property key in the managed operation annotation description? Something like:
#ManagedOperationParameter(name = "key",
description = "Some description, please note that the key is ${some.property.key}")

Not out-of-the-box, but it's pretty easy to customize...
public class CustomAttributeSource extends AnnotationJmxAttributeSource implements EmbeddedValueResolverAware {
private StringValueResolver embeddedValueResolver;
#Override
public void setEmbeddedValueResolver(StringValueResolver resolver) {
this.embeddedValueResolver = resolver;
}
#Override
public ManagedAttribute getManagedAttribute(Method method) throws InvalidMetadataException {
ManagedAttribute managedAttribute = super.getManagedAttribute(method);
if (this.embeddedValueResolver != null) {
managedAttribute
.setDescription(this.embeddedValueResolver.resolveStringValue(managedAttribute.getDescription()));
}
return managedAttribute;
}
#Override
public ManagedOperation getManagedOperation(Method method) throws InvalidMetadataException {
ManagedOperation managedOperation = super.getManagedOperation(method);
if (this.embeddedValueResolver != null) {
managedOperation
.setDescription(this.embeddedValueResolver.resolveStringValue(managedOperation.getDescription()));
}
return managedOperation;
}
}
Then...
<bean class="org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnnotationMBeanExporter">
<property name="assembler">
<bean class="org.springframework.jmx.export.assembler.MetadataMBeanInfoAssembler">
<property name="attributeSource">
<bean class="foo.CustomAttributeSource" />
</property>
</bean>
</property>
</bean>

Spring Batch: MultiResourceItemReader with custom ItemReader reads the same file ad infinitum

I have a MultiResourceItemReader with a custom ItemReader as a delegate. The problem I'm facing is that when I launch the job, the same file is read over and over again.
This is the delegate class:
public class AllegatiReader implements ResourceAwareItemReaderItemStream<Allegato> {
#PersistenceContext
protected EntityManager em;
private Resource resource;
#Override
public void close() throws ItemStreamException {
}
#Override
public void open(ExecutionContext arg0) throws ItemStreamException {
}
#Override
public void update(ExecutionContext arg0) throws ItemStreamException {
}
#Override
public Allegato read() throws Exception, UnexpectedInputException,
ParseException, NonTransientResourceException {
// DO SOMETHING ...
byte[] fileContent = new byte[(int) resource.getFile().length()];
resource.getInputStream().read(fileContent);
resource.getInputStream().close();
allegato.getFile().setFile(fileContent);
return allegato;
}
#Override
public void setResource(Resource arg0) {
this.resource = arg0;
}
}
Here is my Spring Batch XML configuration file:
<batch:job id="allegati" incrementer="jobParametersIncrementer">
<batch:step id="allegati-import">
<batch:tasklet>
<batch:chunk reader="allegati-reader" writer="allegati-writer" commit-interval="1"/>
</batch:tasklet>
</batch:step>
</batch:job>
<bean id="allegati-reader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.MultiResourceItemReader" scope="step">
<property name="resources" value="file:#{jobParameters['FILEPATH']}/*" />
<property name="delegate" ref="allegati-filereader" />
</bean>
<bean id="allegati-writer" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JpaItemWriter">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
</bean>
<bean id="allegati-filereader" class="it.infogroup.vertenze.porting.reader.AllegatiReader" />
How can I tell Spring Batch to move to the next file?

Your custom reader has to show Spring Batch when all is done, see http://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/trunk/apidocs/org/springframework/batch/item/ItemReader.html#read--
Reads a piece of input data and advance to the next one.
Implementations must return null at the end of the input data set.
in your case i would use an private attribute to save* the state for the resource of this reader instance is processed, it could be the Allegato object, but that seems to be a rather large one
*) your reader is stateful by design, so another state attribute should be no problem