The following sample illustrates a batch job.

<job name="PostingsSampleEar" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	
        <jndi-name>ejb/com/ibm/websphere/samples/PostingsJob</jndi-name>
	
	   
    <step-scheduling-criteria>
		<scheduling-mode>sequential</scheduling-mode>
	</step-scheduling-criteria>
	
    
    <checkpoint-algorithm name="${checkpoint}">
		<classname>com.ibm.wsspi.batch.checkpointalgorithms.${checkpoint}</classname>
		<props>
			<prop name="interval" value="${checkpointInterval}" />
		</props>
	</checkpoint-algorithm>

    	
    <results-algorithms>
		<results-algorithm name="jobsum">
			<classname>com.ibm.wsspi.batch.resultsalgorithms.jobsum</classname>
		</results-algorithm>
	</results-algorithms>
	
    	
    <substitution-props>
        <prop name="wsbatch.count" value="5" />
        <prop name="checkpoint" value="timebased" />
        <prop name="checkpointInterval" value="15" />
        <prop name="postingsDataStream" 
           value="${was.install.root}${file.separator}temp${file.separator}postings" />
    </substitution-props>

    <job-step name="Step1">
		
        
        <jndi-name>ejb/DataCreationBean</jndi-name>
		
        <!-- apply checkpoint policy to step1 -->
        <checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" />
		
        
        <results-ref name="jobsum"/>

        
		<batch-data-streams>
			<bds>
				
                <logical-name>myoutput</logical-name>
				
                
                <impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.PostingOutputStream</impl-class>
				
                <props>
					
                    <prop name="FILENAME" value="${postingsDataStream}" />
                    
				</props>
			</bds>
		</batch-data-streams>
		        
        
        <props>
            
            <prop name="wsbatch.count" value="${wsbatch.count}" />
		</props>
	</job-step>


	<job-step name="Step2">
        
                
        <step-scheduling condition="OR">
			<returncode-expression step="Step1" operator="eq" value="0" />
            <returncode-expression step="Step1" operator="eq" value="4" />
		</step-scheduling>
		        
        <jndi-name>ejb/PostingAccountData</jndi-name>
		<checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" />
		<results-ref name="jobsum"/>

		<batch-data-streams>
			<bds>
				
                <logical-name>myinput</logical-name>
				<impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.PostingStream</impl-class>
                
                
                <props>
					<prop name="FILENAME" value="${postingsDataStream}" />
				</props>

			</bds>
		</batch-data-streams>
	</job-step>

         <job-step name="Step3">
       <step-scheduling>
           <returncode-expression step="Step2" operator="eq" value="4" />
       </step-scheduling>

       <jndi-name>ejb/OverdraftAccountPosting</jndi-name>
       <checkpoint-algorithm-ref name="${checkpoint}" />
       <results-ref name="jobsum" />

       
      <batch-data-streams>
           <bds>
               
              <logical-name>dbread</logical-name>
               <impl-class>com.ibm.websphere.samples.OverdraftInputStream</impl-class>
          </bds>
      </batch-data-streams>
   </job-step>   
</job>