Package jakarta.batch.api.chunk

Interface ItemProcessor

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

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Object
    processItem(Object item)
    The processItem method is part of a chunk step.

  • Method Details

    • processItem

      Object processItem(Object item) throws Exception
      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.
      Parameters:
      item - specifies the input item to process.
      Returns:
      output item to write.
      Throws:
      Exception - thrown for any errors.