001/* 002 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.batch.core.annotation; 018 019import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 020import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 021import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 022import java.lang.annotation.Target; 023 024import org.springframework.batch.core.Step; 025import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution; 026import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener; 027 028/** 029 * Marks a method to be called before a {@link Step} is executed, which comes 030 * after a {@link StepExecution} is created and persisted, but before the first 031 * item is read. <br> 032 * <br> 033 * Expected signature: void beforeStep({@link StepExecution} stepExecution) 034 * 035 * @author Lucas Ward 036 * @since 2.0 037 * @see StepExecutionListener 038 */ 039@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 040@Target({ElementType.METHOD}) 041public @interface BeforeStep { 042 043}