org.springframework.batch.item.support

## Class PassThroughItemProcessor<T>

- java.lang.Object
- - org.springframework.batch.item.support.PassThroughItemProcessor<T>

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    ItemProcessor<T,T>

      public class PassThroughItemProcessor<T>
      extends java.lang.Object
      implements ItemProcessor<T,T>

  Simple `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

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `PassThroughItemProcessor()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `T` | `process(T item)` Just returns the item back to the caller.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### PassThroughItemProcessor

          public PassThroughItemProcessor()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### process

          @Nullable
          public T process(T item)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

      Just returns the item back to the caller.
      Specified by:
        `process` in interface `ItemProcessor<T,T>`
      Parameters:
        `item` - to be processed
      Returns:
        the item
      Throws:
        `java.lang.Exception` - thrown if exception occurs during processing.
      See Also:
        `ItemProcessor.process(Object)`