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 This example uses a memory-based database (provided by `@EnableBatchProcessing`), meaning that when it's done, the data is gone. For demonstration purposes, there is extra code to create a `JdbcTemplate`, query the database, and print out the names of people the batch job inserts.
 
-###Build an executable JAR
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 Now that your `Application` class is ready, you simply instruct the build system to create a single, executable jar containing everything. This makes it easy to ship, version, and deploy the service as an application throughout the development lifecycle, across different environments, and so forth.
 
 Add the following configuration to your existing Maven POM: