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package org.springframework.batch.item;

/**
 * Implementation of this interface indicates to the framework that this object
 * is capable of skipping a record in cases where it cannot be processed because
 * it is invalid, incomplete for other non critical reasons.
 * 
 * @author Waseem Malik
 * @author Dave Syer
 * 
 */
public interface Skippable {

	/**
	 * Skip the current record. This method can be invoked whenever an input
	 * source provides an invalid object. The implementing class should skip the
	 * current record the next time it is encountered in the same process (e.g.
	 * after a rollback and retry of a transaction).
	 * 
	 */
	public void skip();

}
