001/* 002 * Copyright 2006-2018 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016package org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform; 017 018/** 019 * This class will convert an object to an array of its parts. 020 * 021 * @author Dave Syer 022 * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine 023 * 024 */ 025public interface FieldExtractor<T> { 026 027 /** 028 * @param item the object that contains the information to be extracted. 029 * @return an array containing item's parts 030 */ 031 Object[] extract(T item); 032 033}