ItemProcessor (Jakarta EE Platform API)

```
public interface ItemProcessor
```
ItemProcessor is used in chunk processing to operate on an input item and produce an output item.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Object processItem(Object item)
  The processItem method is part of a chunk step.

- Method Detail
  - processItem
```
Object processItem(Object item)
            throws Exception
```
    The processItem method is part of a chunk step. It accepts an input item from an item reader and returns an item that gets passed onto the item writer. Returning null indicates that the item should not be continued to be processed. This effectively enables processItem to filter out unwanted input items.
    
    Parameters:
    
    item - specifies the input item to process.
    
    Returns:
    
    output item to write.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - thrown for any errors.