This is the sixth part (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5) of a multi-part video series where Lincoln Baxter (@lincolnthree) and I are interactively building a Forge addon to add Java EE 7 Batch functionality.

Part 1 showed how to get started with creating an addon, add relevant POM dependencies, build and install the addon using Forge shell, add a new command batch-new-jobxml, and add --reader, --processor, --writer parameters to the newly added command.

Part 2 showed how to identify classes for each CLI parameter that already honor the contract required by the Batch specification.

Part 3 showed how parameters can be made required, created templates for reader, processor, and writer, validated the specified parameters.

Part 4 added a new test for the command and showed how Forge can be used in debug mode.

Part 5 fixed a bug reported by a community member and started work to make processor validation optional.

This part shows:

• Upgrade from Forge 2.6.0 to 2.7.1
• Fix the failing test
• Reader, processor, and writer files are now templates instead of source files
• Reader, processor, and writer are injected appropriately in test’s temp project

Enjoy!

As always, the evolving source code is available at github.com/javaee-samples/forge-addons. The debugging will continue in the next episode.