Spring Batch @JobScope bean creation error "A bean with that name has already been defined"

In my Spring batch project (Spring Boot version 2.3.4.RELEASE, Java 1.8), I have a processor component that needs to access the Job Id (for tracking purpose). I added @JobScope to the bean declaration and this allows me to access the Job Id.

@Component("dealerItemProcessor")
@JobScope
public class DealerItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Dealer, Dealer> {    
   @Value("#{jobExecution}")
   private JobExecution jobExecution;
    
   @Override
   public Dealer process(final Dealer dealer) throws Exception {
      //Get jobExecution.getJobId(), process data bean
   }

I declared the Job in XML like this:

<job id="syncJob" >
    <step id="step1">
        <tasklet>
            <chunk reader="itemReader"
                   processor="dealerItemProcessor"
                   writer="itemWriter" commit-interval="1"/>
        </tasklet>
    </step>
    <listeners>
        <listener ref="syncJobCompletionNotificationListener"/>
    </listeners>
</job>

The XML configuration is loaded as:

@Configuration
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@ImportResource("classpath:batch-job.xml")
public class XMLConfigurationLoader {
}

The Job is scheduled like this:

public SyncJobScheduler(@Qualifier("syncJob") Job dealerSyncJob,
                              JobLauncher jobLauncher) {
    this.syncJob = syncJob;
    this.jobLauncher = jobLauncher;
}
@Scheduled(cron = "0 0 */1 * * *")
public void schedule() throws JobParametersInvalidException, JobExecutionAlreadyRunningException, JobRestartException, JobInstanceAlreadyCompleteException {
   jobLauncher.run(syncJob, new JobParametersBuilder()
                .addDate("date", new Date())
                .toJobParameters());
}

When I build and run the project in a Linux OS server and OpenJDK 1.8, I get the following error.

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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:

The bean 'scopedTarget.dealerItemProcessor', defined in BeanDefinition defined in URL [jar:file:/var/www/jobs/upload-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/com/sync/connect/processor/DealerItemProcessor.class], could not be registered. A bean with that name has already been defined in URL [jar:file:/var/www/jobs/upload-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/com/sync/connect/processor/DealerItemProcessor.class] and overriding is disabled.

Action:

Consider renaming one of the beans or enabling overriding by setting spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true

I have enabled debug mode and see the same error. How can I troubleshoot this? Can you please give some pointers?

Update 1:
I tried changing JobScope to StepScope, and see a similar exception.
2020-10-15 10:53:02.651 [DEBUG] [main]

[org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter:37] Application failed to start due to an exception
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionOverrideException: Invalid bean definition with name 'scopedTarget.dealerItemProcessor' defined in BeanDefinition defined in URL [jar:file:/var/www/jobs/upload-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/com/sync/connect/processor/DealerItemProcessor.class]: Cannot register bean definition [Root bean: class [org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyFactoryBean]; scope=; abstract=false; lazyInit=null; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=false; primary=false; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=null; defined in BeanDefinition defined in URL [jar:file:/var/www/jobs/upload-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/com/sync/connect/processor/DealerItemProcessor.class]] for bean 'scopedTarget.dealerItemProcessor': There is already [Generic bean: class [com.sync.connect.processor.DealerItemProcessor]; scope=step; abstract=false; lazyInit=null; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=false; primary=false; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=null; defined in URL [jar:file:/var/www/jobs/upload-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar!/BOOT-INF/classes!/com/sync/connect/processor/DealerItemProcessor.class]] bound.

You can use @StepScope instead of @JobScope. You can use stepExecution.getJobExecution() to get the jobExecution. Then you as you have mentioned you can get the jobId.

I got this to work by implementing the StepExecutionListener. This gives access to the StepExecution object, from which we get the Job Id.

@Component("dealerItemProcessor")
public class DealerItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Dealer, Dealer> , StepExecutionListener {
    
    private StepExecution stepExecution;

    @Override
    public Dealer process(final Dealer dealer) throws Exception {
    //get unique JobId like this - stepExecution.getJobExecutionId()
    // process logic
    }

    @Override
    public void beforeStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
        //get the stepExecution Object.
        this.stepExecution = stepExecution;
    }

    @Override
    public ExitStatus afterStep(StepExecution stepExecution) {
        return null;
    }
}

This solution solves the need to get JobId by providing an alternate. It does not solve the Bean creation exception posted in the question.