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package org.springframework.batch.item.support;

import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Composite {@link ItemProcessor} that passes the item through a sequence of
 * injected <code>ItemTransformer</code>s (return value of previous
 * transformation is the entry value of the next).<br>
 * <br>
 * 
 * Note the user is responsible for injecting a chain of {@link ItemProcessor}s
 * that conforms to declared input and output types.
 * 
 * @author Robert Kasanicky
 */
public class CompositeItemProcessor<I, O> implements ItemProcessor<I, O>, InitializingBean {

	private List<? extends ItemProcessor<?, ?>> delegates;

	@Override
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public O process(I item) throws Exception {
		Object result = item;

		for (ItemProcessor<?, ?> delegate : delegates) {
			if (result == null) {
				return null;
			}

			result = processItem(delegate, result);
		}
		return (O) result;
	}
    
    /* 
     * Helper method to work around wildcard capture compiler error: see http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/capture.html
     * The method process(capture#1-of ?) in the type ItemProcessor<capture#1-of ?,capture#2-of ?> is not applicable for the arguments (Object)
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	private <T> Object processItem(ItemProcessor<T, ?> processor, Object input) throws Exception {
    	return processor.process((T) input);
    }

	@Override
	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
		Assert.notNull(delegates, "The 'delegates' may not be null");
		Assert.notEmpty(delegates, "The 'delegates' may not be empty");
	}

	public void setDelegates(List<? extends ItemProcessor<?, ?>> delegates) {
		this.delegates = delegates;
	}	

}