From 1854dfeb3aca8312255e398dbd0487a7481b6a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Wilkes <mikezx6r@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 11:03:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] BATCH-1865: SimpleChunkProvider no longer calls afterRead
 listener when EOF reached

---
 .../batch/core/step/item/SimpleChunkProvider.java             | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SimpleChunkProvider.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SimpleChunkProvider.java
index 7a92205f6..11f996a5e 100755
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SimpleChunkProvider.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SimpleChunkProvider.java
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ public class SimpleChunkProvider<I> implements ChunkProvider<I> {
 		try {
 			listener.beforeRead();
 			I item = itemReader.read();
-			listener.afterRead(item);
+			if(item != null) {
+				listener.afterRead(item);
+			}
 			return item;
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {