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package org.springframework.batch.item.support;
import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
/**
* Simple {@link ItemProcessor} that does nothing - simply passes its argument
* through to the caller. Useful as a default when the reader and writer in a
* business process deal with items of the same type, and no transformations are
* required.
*
* @author Dave Syer
*
*/
public class PassThroughItemProcessor<T> implements ItemProcessor<T, T> {
/**
* Just returns the item back to the caller.
*
* @return the item
* @see ItemProcessor#process(Object)
*/
@Override
public T process(T item) throws Exception {
return item;
}
}