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();
-	}
-
 }