diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/EmptyItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/EmptyItemWriter.java
index 2cec370ba..5c6b9c996 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/EmptyItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/EmptyItemWriter.java
@@ -58,4 +58,7 @@ public class EmptyItemWriter implements ItemWriter, InitializingBean {
 		return list;
 	}
 
+	public void close() throws Exception {
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobTests.java
index 6eb0b343c..1c8524ea4 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/launch/SimpleJobTests.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemRecoverer;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.reader.ListItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.writer.AbstractItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.exception.handler.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.support.RepeatTemplate;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class SimpleJobTests extends TestCase {
 
 	private List processed = new ArrayList();
 
-	private ItemWriter processor = new ItemWriter() {
+	private ItemWriter processor = new AbstractItemWriter() {
 		public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 			processed.add((String) data);
 		}
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class SimpleJobTests extends TestCase {
 		step.setChunkOperations(chunkOperations);
 		step.setJobRepository(repository);
 		step.setTransactionManager(new ResourcelessTransactionManager());
-		module.setItemWriter(new ItemWriter() {
+		module.setItemWriter(new AbstractItemWriter() {
 			public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Try again Dummy!");
 			}
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ public class SimpleJobTests extends TestCase {
 		AbstractStep step = new SimpleStep(module);
 		step.setJobRepository(repository);
 		step.setTransactionManager(new ResourcelessTransactionManager());
-		module.setItemWriter(new ItemWriter() {
+		module.setItemWriter(new AbstractItemWriter() {
 			public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Foo");
 			}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutorTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutorTests.java
index 0fedb566e..c97a1653c 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutorTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/step/simple/SimpleStepExecutorTests.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.execution.tasklet.ItemOrientedTasklet;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.reader.ListItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.writer.AbstractItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.RepeatContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.exception.handler.DefaultExceptionHandler;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ public class SimpleStepExecutorTests extends TestCase {
 
 	ArrayList processed = new ArrayList();
 
-	ItemWriter processor = new ItemWriter() {
+	ItemWriter processor = new AbstractItemWriter() {
 		public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 			processed.add((String) data);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemOrientedTaskletTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
index 77bb1401b..9d03297de 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/ItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemRecoverer;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.reader.AbstractItemReader;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.writer.AbstractItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.context.RepeatContextSupport;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.synch.RepeatSynchronizationManager;
 import org.springframework.batch.retry.policy.SimpleRetryPolicy;
@@ -57,9 +58,12 @@ public class ItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 			}
 			return null;
 		}
+
+		public void close() throws Exception {
+		}
 	};
 
-	private ItemWriter itemWriter = new ItemWriter() {
+	private ItemWriter itemWriter = new AbstractItemWriter() {
 		public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 			list.add(data);
 		}
@@ -176,9 +180,12 @@ public class ItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 			public Object read() throws Exception {
 				return "bar";
 			}
+
+			public void close() throws Exception {				
+			}
 		});
 
-		module.setItemWriter(new ItemWriter() {
+		module.setItemWriter(new AbstractItemWriter() {
 			public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 				throw new RuntimeException("FOO");
 			}
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ public class ItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 				return "foo";
 			}
 		});
-		module.setItemWriter(new ItemWriter() {
+		module.setItemWriter(new AbstractItemWriter() {
 			public void write(Object data) throws Exception {
 				throw new RuntimeException("FOO");
 			}
@@ -274,6 +281,8 @@ public class ItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 		public Properties getStatistics() {
 			return PropertiesConverter.stringToProperties("foo=bar");
 		}
+		public void close() throws Exception {			
+		}
 	}
 
 	private class SkippableItemWriter implements ItemWriter, Skippable,
@@ -300,5 +309,8 @@ public class ItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 		public Properties getStatistics() {
 			return PropertiesConverter.stringToProperties(props);
 		}
+
+		public void close() throws Exception {
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests.java b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
index 08c709673..7752ee0cd 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/tasklet/RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public class RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		public void close() throws Exception {			
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	private static class MockWriter implements ItemWriter, Restartable {
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ public class RestartableItemOrientedTaskletTests extends TestCase {
 			assertEquals(this.data.getProperties(), data.getProperties());
 		}
 
+		public void close() throws Exception {
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	private ItemReader itemProvider;