Spring batch - Rerun from first step - spring

Question

Does anyone know if there is a way to start over in Spring batch?
I want it to first start at Step1, then Step2, Step3, then back to Step1, Step2, Step3, and so forth until a condition is met. I tried googling, but failed to fin any concrete examples.
Code so far:
#Bean
Job job(JobBuilderFactory factory) {
return factory.get(JOB_NAME)
.start(stagingStep)
.next(analyzeStep)
.next(reportingStep)
.preventRestart()
.build();
}

Answer 1

I think this can be done in multiple ways..
1.Intercept the job as mentioned here
<job id="footballJob">
<step id="playerload" parent="s1" next="gameLoad"/>
<step id="gameLoad" parent="s2" next="playerSummarization"/>
<step id="playerSummarization" parent="s3"/>
<listeners>
<listener ref="sampleListener"/>
</listeners>
..
and implement your lister..
public interface JobExecutionListener {
void beforeJob(JobExecution jobExecution);
void afterJob(JobExecution jobExecution); // implement and call the job again
}
2.Implement your own trigger/scheduler...
<task:scheduled ref="runScheduler" method="run" trigger="mytrigger" />
<bean id="runScheduler" class="com.spring.scheduler.MyScheduler" >
<property name="jobLauncher" ref="jobLauncher" />
<property name="job" ref="helloWorldJob" />
</bean>
..
<task:scheduled-tasks>
<!--task:scheduled ref="runScheduler" method="run" fixed-delay="5000" /> -->
<task:scheduled ref="runScheduler" method="run" cron="*/5 * * * * *" />
</task:scheduled-tasks>
You can use your own trigger and pass reference to above...
<bean id="mytrigger" class="com.spring.scheduler.MyTrigger" />
public class MyScheduler {
#Autowired
private JobLauncher jobLauncher;
#Autowired
private Job job;
public void run() {
try {
JobParameters param = new JobParametersBuilder().toJobParameters();
String dateParam = new Date().toString();
JobExecution execution = jobLauncher.run(job, param);
System.out.println("Exit Status in scheduler: " + execution.getStatus());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
and then if needed you can create a trigger
public class MyTrigger implements Trigger{
#Override
public Date nextExecutionTime(TriggerContext triggerContext) {...return date;}
3.If only one tasklet needs to be rerun again again, its easy , just return RepeatStatus.CONTINUABLE, this task rerun again and again...
public RepeatStatus execute(StepContribution contribution,
ChunkContext chunkContext)throws Exception
{
return RepeatStatus.CONTINUABLE;//RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
}
And if you want some specific step that can also be done (manipulate step 1 or 2 and use specific steps to build a job..before running again)