diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ChunkResult.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ChunkResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23145c327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ChunkResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.core.domain;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.core.enums.ShortCodedLabeledEnum;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Ben Hale
+ */
+public class ChunkResult {
+
+	public static final ChunkResultType SUCCESS = new ChunkResultType(0, "Success");
+
+	public static final ChunkResultType FAILURE = new ChunkResultType(1, "Failure");
+
+	private final ChunkResultType resultType;
+
+	private final Long chunkId;
+
+	private final List skippedItems;
+
+	public ChunkResult(ChunkResultType resultType, Long chunkId, List skippedItems) {
+		this.resultType = resultType;
+		this.chunkId = chunkId;
+		this.skippedItems = skippedItems;
+	}
+
+	public ChunkResultType getResultType() {
+		return resultType;
+	}
+
+	public Long getChunkId() {
+		return chunkId;
+	}
+
+	public List getSkippedItems() {
+		return new ArrayList(skippedItems);
+	}
+
+	private static class ChunkResultType extends ShortCodedLabeledEnum {
+
+		public ChunkResultType(int code, String label) {
+			super(code, label);
+		}
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/Dechunker.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/Dechunker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2680bc6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/Dechunker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.core.domain;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+
+/**
+ * Interface defining the contract for dechunking a {@link Chunk}.  Similar
+ * to the differences between an {@link ItemReader} and an {@link ItemWriter},
+ * a dechunker is the polar oposite of a {@link Chunker}.  A {@link Chunker} creates
+ * a chunk from a stream of items, wheras a Dechunker removes each item from the 
+ * {@link Chunk} and adds it to an outgoing stream of items.
+ * 
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ *
+ */
+public interface Dechunker {
+
+	ChunkResult dechunk(Chunk chunk) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ReadFailurePolicy.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ItemSkipPolicy.java
similarity index 87%
rename from spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ReadFailurePolicy.java
rename to spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ItemSkipPolicy.java
index 19ab021a4..36698d16b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ReadFailurePolicy.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/domain/ItemSkipPolicy.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ package org.springframework.batch.core.domain;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.domain.StepExecution;
 
 /**
- * Policy for determining whether or not reading should continue.
+ * Policy for determining whether or not an item should be skipped.
  * 
  * @author Lucas Ward
  */
-public interface ReadFailurePolicy {
+public interface ItemSkipPolicy {
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns true or false, indicating whether or not reading should
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ public interface ReadFailurePolicy {
 	 * @return true if reading should continue, false otherwise.
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if t or stepExecution is null
 	 */
-	boolean shouldContinue(Exception ex, StepExecution stepExecution);
+	boolean shouldSkip(Exception ex, StepExecution stepExecution);
 }