CompositeItemProcessor (Spring Batch 4.1.4.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.batch.item.support.CompositeItemProcessor<I,O>

All Implemented Interfaces:
ItemProcessor<I,O>, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean
```
public class CompositeItemProcessor<I,O>
extends java.lang.Object
implements ItemProcessor<I,O>, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean
```
Composite ItemProcessor that passes the item through a sequence of injected ItemTransformers (return value of previous transformation is the entry value of the next).

Note the user is responsible for injecting a chain of ItemProcessors that conforms to declared input and output types.
Author:
Robert Kasanicky

Constructor Summary
Constructors
Constructor Description
CompositeItemProcessor()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`afterPropertiesSet()`
`O`	`process(I item)`	Process the provided item, returning a potentially modified or new item for continued processing.
`void`	`setDelegates(java.util.List<? extends ItemProcessor<?,?>> delegates)`	Establishes the `ItemProcessor` delegates that will work on the item to be processed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CompositeItemProcessor
```
public CompositeItemProcessor()
```
- Method Detail
  - process
```
public O process(I item)
          throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Description copied from interface: ItemProcessor
    Process the provided item, returning a potentially modified or new item for continued processing. If the returned result is null, it is assumed that processing of the item should not continue.
    Specified by:
    process in interface ItemProcessor<I,O>
    Parameters:
    item - to be processed
    Returns:
    potentially modified or new item for continued processing, null if processing of the provided item should not continue.
    Throws:
    java.lang.Exception - thrown if exception occurs during processing.
  - afterPropertiesSet
```
public void afterPropertiesSet()
                        throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Specified by:
    afterPropertiesSet in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean
    Throws:
    java.lang.Exception
  - setDelegates
```
public void setDelegates(java.util.List<? extends ItemProcessor<?,?>> delegates)
```
    Establishes the ItemProcessor delegates that will work on the item to be processed.
    Parameters:
    delegates - list of ItemProcessor delegates that will work on the item.