Removed the close() method from ItemWriter - it shadows ItemStream so use that interface if needed.

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/support/HibernateAwareItemWriter.java

@@ -287,8 +287,4 @@ public class HibernateAwareItemWriter implements ItemWriter, RepeatInterceptor,
 
 	}
 
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-		delegate.close();
-	}
-
 }

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/ItemWriter.java

@@ -38,10 +38,4 @@ public interface ItemWriter {
 	 */
 	public void write(Object item) throws Exception;
 	
-	/**
-	 * Close the writer, allowing all allocated resources to be cleaned up.
-	 * 
-	 * @throws Exception
-	 */
-	void close() throws Exception;
 }

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/writer/AbstractItemWriter.java

@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractItemWriter implements ItemWriter{
 
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-	}
 }

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/writer/DelegatingItemWriter.java

@@ -53,9 +53,4 @@ public class DelegatingItemWriter implements ItemWriter, Skippable, Initializing
 		Assert.notNull(writer);
 	}
 
-	// YODO: remove
-	public void close() throws Exception {
-		writer.close();
-	}
-
 }

spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/writer/CompositeItemWriterTests.java

@@ -51,32 +51,5 @@ public class CompositeItemWriterTests extends TestCase {
 			control.verify();
 		}
 	}
-		
-	public void testClose() throws Exception {
-		
-		final int NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = 10;
-		
-		List processors = new ArrayList(NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS);
-		final List list = new ArrayList(NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS);
-		
-		for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS; i++) {
-			ItemWriter processor = new AbstractItemWriter() {
-				public void write(Object item) throws Exception {
-					throw new IllegalStateException("No way!");
-				}
-				public void close() throws Exception {
-					list.add(this);
-				}
-			};
-			processor.close();
-			processors.add(processor);
-		}
-		
-		itemProcessor.setDelegates(processors);
-		itemProcessor.close();
-		
-		assertEquals(NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS, list.size());
-		
-	}
 	
 }