JSR-352 batch with Spring Batch as implementation: Batch job initialization fails on error while creating bean with name 'batchPropertyPostProcessor'

BatchRunner.java

package x98.batch;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.batch.operations.JobOperator;
import javax.batch.runtime.BatchRuntime;

public class BatchRunner {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		System.setProperty("JSR-352-BASE-CONTEXT", "x98_batch_local.xml");
		
		Properties jobParameters = new Properties();
		jobParameters.put("message", "Hello!");
		
		JobOperator jobOperator = BatchRuntime.getJobOperator();
		jobOperator.start("x98SampleJob", jobParameters);

	}

}

DataListingItemProcessor.java

package x98.batch;

import javax.batch.api.BatchProperty;
import javax.batch.api.chunk.ItemProcessor;
import javax.inject.Inject;

public class DataListingItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor {

	@Inject
	@BatchProperty(name = "forceFailAtRecord")
	private String forceFailAtRecord = "-1";
	private int processedCount = 0; 
	
	@Override
	public Object processItem(Object item) throws Exception {
		if (this.processedCount == Integer.valueOf(this.forceFailAtRecord)) {
			throw new RuntimeException("Forced fail!");
		}
		this.processedCount++;
		return item;
	}
	
}

DataListingItemReader.java

package x98.batch;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.batch.api.chunk.ItemReader;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class DataListingItemReader implements ItemReader {
	
	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DataListingItemReader.class);
	private Integer countOfGeneratedNumbers = 0;

	@Override
	public void open(Serializable checkpoint) throws Exception {
	}

	@Override
	public void close() throws Exception {
		countOfGeneratedNumbers = 0;
	}

	@Override
	public Object readItem() throws Exception {
		countOfGeneratedNumbers++;
		Double generatedValue = null;
		if (countOfGeneratedNumbers < 100) {
			LOGGER.info("Generating Double #" + countOfGeneratedNumbers);
			generatedValue = Math.random();
		}
		
		return generatedValue;
	}

	@Override
	public Serializable checkpointInfo() throws Exception {
		return countOfGeneratedNumbers;
	}
	
}

DataListingItemWriter.java

package x98.batch;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import javax.batch.api.chunk.ItemWriter;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class DataListingItemWriter implements ItemWriter {

	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DataListingItemWriter.class);
	private Serializable checkpointInfo;

	@Override
	public void open(Serializable checkpoint) throws Exception {
		// nothing to do		
	}

	@Override
	public void close() throws Exception {
		// nothing to do			
	}

	@Override
	public void writeItems(List<Object> items) throws Exception {
		for (Object item : items) {
			LOGGER.info("Generated Double: " + item);
		}
	}

	@Override
	public Serializable checkpointInfo() throws Exception {
		return checkpointInfo;
	}
}

DataListingStepListener.java

package x98.batch;

import javax.batch.api.listener.StepListener;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class DataListingStepListener implements StepListener {

	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DataListingStepListener.class);
	
	@Override
	public void beforeStep() throws Exception {
		LOGGER.info("Before step...");
	}

	@Override
	public void afterStep() throws Exception {
		LOGGER.info("After step...");
	}
}

pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>x98</groupId>
	<artifactId>x98-sample-batch</artifactId>
	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>${project.artifactId}</name>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
			<version>3.0.4.RELEASE</version>
			<scope>compile</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
			<version>4.0.5.RELEASE</version>
			<scope>compile</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax.batch</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.batch-api</artifactId>
			<version>1.0</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>javax</groupId>
			<artifactId>javaee-web-api</artifactId>
			<version>7.0</version>
			<scope>compile</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
			<version>1.7.8</version>
			<scope>compile</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
			<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
			<version>1.7.8</version>
			<scope>compile</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
			<version>2.3.2</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.2</version>
			<scope>test</scope>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

	<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<source>1.8</source>
					<target>1.8</target>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

SimpleBatchlet.java

package x98.batch;

import javax.batch.api.BatchProperty;
import javax.batch.api.Batchlet;
import javax.inject.Inject;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class SimpleBatchlet implements Batchlet {
	
	private static Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SimpleBatchlet.class);
	
	@Inject
	@BatchProperty(name="message")
	private String message;

	@Override
	public String process() throws Exception {
		LOGGER.info("Running batchlet step in X98 template");
		LOGGER.info("Message is: " + message);
		return "OK";
	}

	@Override
	public void stop() throws Exception {
		// finishing fast, not needed to implement stop
	}

}

x98_batch_local.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">	

	<bean name="simpleBatchlet" class="x98.batch.SimpleBatchlet"/>
	
	<bean name="dataListingItemProcessor" class="x98.batch.DataListingItemProcessor"/>
	
	<bean name="dataListingItemReader" class="x98.batch.DataListingItemReader"/>

	<bean name="dataListingItemWriter" class="x98.batch.DataListingItemWriter"/>
	
	<bean name="dataListingStepListener" class="x98.batch.DataListingStepListener"/>
</beans>

x98SampleJob.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<job id="x98SampleJob" xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/jobXML_1_0.xsd"
	version="1.0">

	<step id="simple" next="dataListing">
		<batchlet ref="simpleBatchlet">
			<properties>
				<property name="message" value="#{jobParameters['message']}" />
			</properties>
		</batchlet>
	</step>

	<step id="dataListing">
  		<listeners>
			<listener ref="dataListingStepListener"/>
		</listeners>
		<chunk item-count="3">
			<reader	ref="dataListingItemReader" />
			<processor ref="dataListingItemProcessor">
				<properties>
					<property name="forceFailAtRecord" value="20"/>
				</properties>
			</processor>			
			<writer ref="dataListingItemWriter"/>
		</chunk>
	</step>
</job>