updating generic Exception and linewrappings.

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/App.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package org.baeldung.spring_batch_intro;
 
-import javax.swing.Spring;
-
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
@@ -10,11 +8,11 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
+
 public class App {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         // Spring Java config
-         AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new
+        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-         AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
         context.register(SpringConfig.class);
         context.register(SpringBatchConfig.class);
         context.refresh();

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/SpringBatchConfig.java

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class SpringBatchConfig {
 
     @Bean
     public ItemReader<Transaction> itemReader()
-            throws UnexpectedInputException, ParseException, Exception {
+        throws UnexpectedInputException, ParseException {
         FlatFileItemReader<Transaction> reader = new FlatFileItemReader<Transaction>();
         DelimitedLineTokenizer tokenizer = new DelimitedLineTokenizer();
         String[] tokens = { "username", "userid", "transactiondate", "amount" };

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/SpringConfig.java

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class SpringConfig {
         JobRepositoryFactoryBean factory = new JobRepositoryFactoryBean();
         factory.setDataSource(dataSource());
         factory.setTransactionManager(getTransactionManager());
+        // JobRepositoryFactoryBean's methods Throws Generic Exception,
+        // it would have been better to have a specific one
         factory.afterPropertiesSet();
         return (JobRepository) factory.getObject();
     }
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ public class SpringConfig {
 
     public JobLauncher getJobLauncher() throws Exception {
         SimpleJobLauncher jobLauncher = new SimpleJobLauncher();
+        // SimpleJobLauncher's methods Throws Generic Exception,
+        // it would have been better to have a specific one
         jobLauncher.setJobRepository(getJobRepository());
         jobLauncher.afterPropertiesSet();
         return jobLauncher;

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/model/Transaction.java

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public class Transaction {
     private Date transactionDate;
     private double amount;
 
+    /* getters and setters for the attributes */
+
     public String getUsername() {
         return username;
     }

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/service/CustomItemProcessor.java

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 public class CustomItemProcessor implements
     ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> {
 
-    public Transaction process(Transaction item) throws Exception {
+    public Transaction process(Transaction item) {
         System.out.println("Processing..." + item);
         return item;
     }

spring-batch-intro/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring_batch_intro/service/RecordFieldSetMapper.java

@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ public class RecordFieldSetMapper implements FieldSetMapper<Transaction> {
 
         SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
         Transaction transaction = new Transaction();
-
+        // you can either use the indices or custom names
+        // I personally prefer the custom names easy for debugging and
+        // validating the pipelines
         transaction.setUsername(fieldSet.readString("username"));
-        transaction.setUserId(fieldSet.readInt(1));
+        transaction.setUserId(fieldSet.readInt("userid"));
         transaction.setAmount(fieldSet.readDouble(3));
         // Converting the date
         String dateString = fieldSet.readString(2);

spring-batch-intro/src/main/resources/spring-batch-intro.xml

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
     <import resource="spring.xml" />
 
-    <bean id="record" class="org.baeldung.spring_batch_intro.model.Transaction"></bean>
-
     <bean id="itemReader"
         class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader">