get current date in yyyyMMdd format in spring batch configuration XML

Question

I have spring batch configuration for spring outbound sftp which has

<property name="remoteDirectory" value="/SFTP/Books_File_20160629"></property>

I want _20160629 to be today's date in same yyyymmdd format rather than hard coding.

Please tell me is there any way for that ?

Thanks,

Aiden

This is very confusing. I actually want java spring batch XML way to put today's date in yyyMMdd format but only using XML, don't want to make any java class . e.g. — Aiden, Jun 29 '16 at 10:28

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 29 '16 at 12:01

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Are you looking for something like this

<property name="resources" value="/SFTP/Books_File_*#{currentDate}"/>

Below beans should be added in your context.xml

<bean id="fastDateFormat" class="org.apache.commons.lang.time.FastDateFormat"
    factory-method="getInstance">
    <constructor-arg value="yyyyMMdd" />
</bean>

<bean id="currentDate" class="java.util.Date" factory-bean="fastDateFormat"
    factory-method="format">
    <constructor-arg>
        <bean class="java.util.Date" />
    </constructor-arg>
</bean>

answered Jun 29 '16 at 12:01

Jay

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was about to suggest that :) would be better if you made an example using classic singleton, instead of referring to third party libraries – Palcente Jun 29 '16 at 12:05
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Yes it would be better. But as it is from apache commons library i think better to use existing implementation. – Jay Jun 29 '16 at 17:25
@Jay Thank you! :) – Aiden Jun 30 '16 at 08:36
I am glad it helped :) – Jay Jun 30 '16 at 09:21
Is there a way to implement this solution with fastDateFormat, except getting the previous business day instead of currentDate? – Ay123 Oct 20 '22 at 20:11

get current date in yyyyMMdd format in spring batch configuration XML

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