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package org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform;
/**
* This class will convert an object to an array of its parts.
*
* @author Dave Syer
* @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
*
*/
public interface FieldExtractor {
/**
* @param item the object that contains the information to be extracted.
* @return an array containing item's parts
*/
Object[] extract(T item);
}