diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd66b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+*.sw?
+.#*
+*#
+*~
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings
+bin
+build
+target
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+*.sublime-*
+/scratch
+.gradle
+.idea
+*.iml
+README.html
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f494f99..9f9a308 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,32 @@
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
+   <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin> 
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> 
+		        <configuration>
+		          <source>1.7</source>
+		          <target>1.7</target>
+        			</configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+            <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+            <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+            <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/SingletonScopedCompositeItemProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/example/SingletonScopedCompositeItemProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..734ca31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/SingletonScopedCompositeItemProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package org.example;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.EnableBatchProcessing;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.JobBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.StepBuilderFactory;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.CompositeItemProcessor;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseType;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class SingletonScopedCompositeItemProcessorTest {
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableBatchProcessing
+    static class TestConfig {
+        @Autowired
+        private JobBuilderFactory jobBuilder;
+        @Autowired
+        private StepBuilderFactory stepBuilder;
+
+        @Bean
+        JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils() {
+            return new JobLauncherTestUtils();
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public DataSource dataSource() {
+            EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder embeddedDatabaseBuilder = new EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder();
+            return embeddedDatabaseBuilder.addScript("classpath:org/springframework/batch/core/schema-drop-hsqldb.sql")
+                    .addScript("classpath:org/springframework/batch/core/schema-hsqldb.sql")
+                    .setType(EmbeddedDatabaseType.HSQL)
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public Job jobUnderTest() {
+            return jobBuilder.get("job-under-test")
+                    .start(stepUnderTest())
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public Step stepUnderTest() {
+            return stepBuilder.get("step-under-test")
+                    .<String, String>chunk(1)
+                    .reader(reader())
+                    .processor(compositeProcessor())
+                    .writer(writer())
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public ItemReader<String> reader() {
+            return new StatefulItemReader();
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public ItemProcessor<String, String> compositeProcessor() {
+	    		CompositeItemProcessor<String, String> cip = new CompositeItemProcessor<String, String>();
+	    		List<ItemProcessor<String, String>> itemProcessors = new ArrayList<ItemProcessor<String, String>>();
+	    		itemProcessors.add(processor());
+	    		itemProcessors.add(processor());
+	    		cip.setDelegates(itemProcessors);
+	    		return cip;
+        }
+
+        @Bean
+        public ItemProcessor<String, String> processor() {
+            return new StatefulItemProcessor();
+        }
+        
+        @Bean
+        public ItemWriter<String> writer() {
+            return new StatefulItemWriter();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Autowired
+    JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStepExecution() {
+        JobExecution jobExecution = jobLauncherTestUtils.launchStep("step-under-test");
+        assertEquals(ExitStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getExitStatus());
+    }
+}