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/*
 * Copyright 2012 International Business Machines Corp.
 *
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 * regarding copyright ownership. Licensed under the Apache License,
 * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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 *
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 */

package javax.batch.api.chunk;

/**
 * ItemProcessor is used in chunk processing
 * to operate on an input item and produce
 * an output item.
 *
 */
public interface ItemProcessor {

	/**
	 * The processItem method is part of a chunk
	 * step. It accepts an input item from an
	 * item reader and returns an item that gets
	 * passed onto the item writer. Returning null
     * indicates that the item should not be continued
     * to be processed.  This effectively enables processItem
     * to filter out unwanted input items.
	 * @param item specifies the input item to process.
	 * @return output item to write.
	 * @throws Exception thrown for any errors.
	 */
	public Object processItem(Object item) throws Exception;

}