diff --git a/spring-batch/pom.xml b/spring-batch/pom.xml
index f372ebd724..f72024d32b 100644
--- a/spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <spring.batch.version>3.0.7.RELEASE</spring.batch.version>
+        <spring.version>5.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.batch.version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring.batch.version>
         <sqlite.version>3.15.1</sqlite.version>
+        <opencsv.version>4.1</opencsv.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -51,6 +52,16 @@
             <artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.batch.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.batch</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-batch-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.batch.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.opencsv</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
+            <version>${opencsv.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineProcessor.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b6cd9add3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+
+public class LineProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Line, Line>, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LineProcessor.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        logger.debug("Line Processor initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Line process(Line line) throws Exception {
+        long age = ChronoUnit.YEARS.between(line.getDob(), LocalDate.now());
+        logger.debug("Calculated age " + age + " for line " + line.toString());
+        line.setAge(age);
+        return line;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        logger.debug("Line Processor ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineReader.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f6b6de218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LineReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.utils.FileUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+
+public class LineReader implements ItemReader<Line>, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LineReader.class);
+    private FileUtils fu;
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu = new FileUtils("taskletsvschunks/input/tasklets-vs-chunks.csv");
+        logger.debug("Line Reader initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Line read() throws Exception {
+        Line line = fu.readLine();
+        if (line != null) logger.debug("Read line: " + line.toString());
+        return line;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu.closeReader();
+        logger.debug("Line Reader ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LinesWriter.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LinesWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66f9103a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/LinesWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.utils.FileUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LinesWriter implements ItemWriter<Line>, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LinesWriter.class);
+    private FileUtils fu;
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu = new FileUtils("output.csv");
+        logger.debug("Line Writer initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu.closeWriter();
+        logger.debug("Line Writer ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(List<? extends Line> lines) throws Exception {
+        for (Line line : lines) {
+            fu.writeLine(line);
+            logger.debug("Wrote line " + line.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/model/Line.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/model/Line.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fee6fd31a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/model/Line.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public class Line implements Serializable {
+
+    private String name;
+    private LocalDate dob;
+    private Long age;
+
+    public Line(String name, LocalDate dob) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.dob = dob;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getDob() {
+        return dob;
+    }
+
+    public void setDob(LocalDate dob) {
+        this.dob = dob;
+    }
+
+    public Long getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(Long age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("[");
+        sb.append(this.name);
+        sb.append(",");
+        sb.append(this.dob.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM/dd/yyyy")));
+        if (this.age != null) {
+            sb.append(",");
+            sb.append(this.age);
+        }
+        sb.append("]");
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesProcessor.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba7a3088d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.scope.context.ChunkContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatStatus;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LinesProcessor implements Tasklet, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LinesProcessor.class);
+
+    private List<Line> lines;
+
+    @Override
+    public RepeatStatus execute(StepContribution stepContribution, ChunkContext chunkContext) throws Exception {
+        for (Line line : lines) {
+            long age = ChronoUnit.YEARS.between(line.getDob(), LocalDate.now());
+            logger.debug("Calculated age " + age + " for line " + line.toString());
+            line.setAge(age);
+        }
+        return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        ExecutionContext executionContext = stepExecution
+          .getJobExecution()
+          .getExecutionContext();
+        this.lines = (List<Line>) executionContext.get("lines");
+        logger.debug("Lines Processor initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        logger.debug("Lines Processor ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesReader.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9905ee8f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.utils.FileUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.scope.context.ChunkContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatStatus;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LinesReader implements Tasklet, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LinesReader.class);
+
+    private List<Line> lines;
+    private FileUtils fu;
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        lines = new ArrayList<Line>();
+        fu = new FileUtils("taskletsvschunks/input/tasklets-vs-chunks.csv");
+        logger.debug("Lines Reader initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RepeatStatus execute(StepContribution stepContribution, ChunkContext chunkContext) throws Exception {
+        Line line = fu.readLine();
+        while (line != null) {
+            lines.add(line);
+            logger.debug("Read line: " + line.toString());
+            line = fu.readLine();
+        }
+        return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu.closeReader();
+        stepExecution
+          .getJobExecution()
+          .getExecutionContext()
+          .put("lines", this.lines);
+        logger.debug("Lines Reader ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesWriter.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..937288a890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/LinesWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets;
+
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.utils.FileUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.scope.context.ChunkContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.Tasklet;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatStatus;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class LinesWriter implements Tasklet, StepExecutionListener {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LinesWriter.class);
+
+    private List<Line> lines;
+    private FileUtils fu;
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        ExecutionContext executionContext = stepExecution
+          .getJobExecution()
+          .getExecutionContext();
+        this.lines = (List<Line>) executionContext.get("lines");
+        fu = new FileUtils("output.csv");
+        logger.debug("Lines Writer initialized.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RepeatStatus execute(StepContribution stepContribution, ChunkContext chunkContext) throws Exception {
+        for (Line line : lines) {
+            fu.writeLine(line);
+            logger.debug("Wrote line " + line.toString());
+        }
+        return RepeatStatus.FINISHED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
+        fu.closeWriter();
+        logger.debug("Lines Writer ended.");
+        return ExitStatus.COMPLETED;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/utils/FileUtils.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/utils/FileUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df36d5c756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/utils/FileUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.utils;
+
+import com.opencsv.CSVReader;
+import com.opencsv.CSVWriter;
+import org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.model.Line;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
+public class FileUtils {
+
+    private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FileUtils.class);
+
+    private String fileName;
+    private CSVReader CSVReader;
+    private CSVWriter CSVWriter;
+    private FileReader fileReader;
+    private FileWriter fileWriter;
+    private File file;
+
+    public FileUtils(String fileName) {
+        this.fileName = fileName;
+    }
+
+    public Line readLine() {
+        try {
+            if (CSVReader == null) initReader();
+            String[] line = CSVReader.readNext();
+            if (line == null) return null;
+            return new Line(line[0], LocalDate.parse(line[1], DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MM/dd/yyyy")));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error while reading line in file: " + this.fileName);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void writeLine(Line line) {
+        try {
+            if (CSVWriter == null) initWriter();
+            String[] lineStr = new String[2];
+            lineStr[0] = line.getName();
+            lineStr[1] = line
+              .getAge()
+              .toString();
+            CSVWriter.writeNext(lineStr);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Error while writing line in file: " + this.fileName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void initReader() throws Exception {
+        ClassLoader classLoader = this
+          .getClass()
+          .getClassLoader();
+        if (file == null) file = new File(classLoader
+          .getResource(fileName)
+          .getFile());
+        if (fileReader == null) fileReader = new FileReader(file);
+        if (CSVReader == null) CSVReader = new CSVReader(fileReader);
+    }
+
+    private void initWriter() throws Exception {
+        if (file == null) {
+            file = new File(fileName);
+            file.createNewFile();
+        }
+        if (fileWriter == null) fileWriter = new FileWriter(file, true);
+        if (CSVWriter == null) CSVWriter = new CSVWriter(fileWriter);
+    }
+
+    public void closeWriter() {
+        try {
+            CSVWriter.close();
+            fileWriter.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Error while closing writer.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void closeReader() {
+        try {
+            CSVReader.close();
+            fileReader.close();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("Error while closing reader.");
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc9218caf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <appender name="FILE-AUDIT"
+              class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+        <file>C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Baeldung\repo\magkrause\tutorials\spring-batch\src\main\resources\taskletsvschunks\logs.log</file>
+        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder">
+            <Pattern>
+                %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%thread] %level %logger{35} - %msg%n
+            </Pattern>
+        </encoder>
+
+        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+            <!-- rollover daily -->
+            <fileNamePattern>${DEV_HOME}/archived/debug.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log
+            </fileNamePattern>
+            <timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy
+                    class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedFNATP">
+                <maxFileSize>10MB</maxFileSize>
+            </timeBasedFileNamingAndTriggeringPolicy>
+        </rollingPolicy>
+
+    </appender>
+
+    <logger name="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks" level="debug"
+            additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE-AUDIT" />
+    </logger>
+
+    <root level="error">
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE-AUDIT" />
+    </root>
+
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/chunks.xml b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/chunks.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b77ac10c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/chunks.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd">
+
+    <bean class="org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils"/>
+
+    <bean id="jobRepository"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.core.repository.support.MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean">
+        <property name="transactionManager" ref="transactionManager"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="transactionManager"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager"/>
+
+    <bean id="jobLauncher"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher">
+        <property name="jobRepository" ref="jobRepository"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="lineReader" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks.LineReader"/>
+
+    <bean id="lineProcessor" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks.LineProcessor"/>
+
+    <bean id="linesWriter" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks.LinesWriter"/>
+
+    <batch:job id="chunksJob">
+        <batch:step id="processLines">
+            <batch:tasklet>
+                <batch:chunk reader="lineReader" writer="linesWriter" processor="lineProcessor" commit-interval="2"/>
+            </batch:tasklet>
+            <batch:end on="FAILED"/>
+            <batch:end on="COMPLETED"/>
+        </batch:step>
+    </batch:job>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/input/tasklets-vs-chunks.csv b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/input/tasklets-vs-chunks.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..214bd3cb70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/input/tasklets-vs-chunks.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Mae Hodges,10/22/1972
+Gary Potter,02/22/1953
+Betty Wise,02/17/1968
+Wayne Rose,04/06/1977
+Adam Caldwell,09/27/1995
+Lucille Phillips,05/14/1992
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/tasklets.xml b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/tasklets.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34ce2944bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/resources/taskletsvschunks/tasklets.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd">
+
+    <bean class="org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils"/>
+
+    <bean id="jobRepository"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.core.repository.support.MapJobRepositoryFactoryBean">
+        <property name="transactionManager" ref="transactionManager"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="transactionManager"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.support.transaction.ResourcelessTransactionManager"/>
+
+    <bean id="jobLauncher"
+          class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher">
+        <property name="jobRepository" ref="jobRepository"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="linesReader" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets.LinesReader"/>
+
+    <bean id="linesProcessor" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets.LinesProcessor"/>
+
+    <bean id="linesWriter" class="org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets.LinesWriter"/>
+
+    <batch:job id="taskletsJob">
+        <batch:step id="readLines">
+            <batch:tasklet ref="linesReader"/>
+            <batch:end on="FAILED"/>
+            <batch:next on="*" to="processLines"/>
+        </batch:step>
+        <batch:step id="processLines">
+            <batch:tasklet ref="linesProcessor"/>
+            <batch:end on="FAILED"/>
+            <batch:next on="*" to="writeLines"/>
+        </batch:step>
+        <batch:step id="writeLines">
+            <batch:tasklet ref="linesWriter"/>
+            <batch:end on="FAILED"/>
+            <batch:end on="COMPLETED"/>
+        </batch:step>
+    </batch:job>
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/ChunksTest.java b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/ChunksTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d32edaf2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/chunks/ChunksTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.chunks;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = "classpath:/taskletsvschunks/chunks.xml")
+public class ChunksTest {
+
+    @Autowired private JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        JobExecution jobExecution = jobLauncherTestUtils.launchJob();
+        Assert.assertEquals(ExitStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getExitStatus());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/TaskletsTest.java b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/TaskletsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4702b67a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/taskletsvschunks/tasklets/TaskletsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.baeldung.taskletsvschunks.tasklets;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = "classpath:/taskletsvschunks/tasklets.xml")
+public class TaskletsTest {
+
+    @Autowired private JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception {
+        JobExecution jobExecution = jobLauncherTestUtils.launchJob();
+        Assert.assertEquals(ExitStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getExitStatus());
+    }
+}
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