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Standard documentation format for Spring Batch jobs (similar to OpenAPI/SpringWolf)
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Description
Problem Statement
Currently, there is no standardized way to document Spring Batch jobs, unlike:
- REST APIs → OpenAPI/Swagger
- Asynchronous messaging → SpringWolf/AsyncAPI
This makes it challenging to maintain consistent documentation across batch applications and integrate them with existing API documentation ecosystems.
Proposal
Introduce a standard format for documenting Spring Batch jobs that could cover:
- Job metadata (name, description, scheduling)
- Job parameters (names, types, required/optional, validation)
- Job steps (readers, processors, writers)
- Input/output specifications
- Retry and restart policies
Questions
- Is there interest from the Spring Batch team in supporting a standardized documentation approach?
- Are there existing initiatives or discussions around this topic?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or implementation entry points are named. Start by reviewing the existing Spring Batch documentation and the referenced OpenAPI, Swagger, SpringWolf, and AsyncAPI approaches, then identify whether a concrete format or integration scope can be agreed; done would require a defined proposal rather than only confirming interest.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100