diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper.java
index 8b232da86..84b7a8ba9 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperFieldSetMapper<T> extends DefaultPropertyEditorRegistrar
 	 * the {@link DataBinder} from {@link #createBinder(Object)} has errors
 	 * after binding).
 	 * 
-	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.FieldSetMapper#process(Object)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.FieldSetMapper#process(FieldSet)
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public T process(FieldSet fs) {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/FieldSetMapper.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/FieldSetMapper.java
index 0f13ffa44..39cebc3a8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/FieldSetMapper.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/mapping/FieldSetMapper.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 
 /**
  * Interface that is used to map data obtained from a {@link FieldSet} into an
@@ -26,5 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * 
  */
-public interface FieldSetMapper<T> extends ItemProcessor<FieldSet, T> {
+public interface FieldSetMapper<T> {
+	
+	T process(FieldSet fieldSet);
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineAggregator.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineAggregator.java
index 014b0cb03..188557375 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineAggregator.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineAggregator.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 
 
 
@@ -25,5 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
  * 
  * @author Dave Syer
  */
-public interface LineAggregator<T> extends ItemProcessor<T, String>{
+public interface LineAggregator<T> {
+	
+	String process(T item);
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineTokenizer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineTokenizer.java
index 3794fd6ec..609e6f1a8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineTokenizer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/LineTokenizer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.FieldSet;
 
 
@@ -27,5 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.FieldSet;
  * @author tomas.slanina
  * 
  */
-public interface LineTokenizer extends ItemProcessor<String, FieldSet> {
+public interface LineTokenizer {
+	
+	FieldSet process(String line);
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer.java
index 8804db284..480fd089e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class PrefixMatchingCompositeLineTokenizer implements LineTokenizer {
 		this.tokenizers = new LinkedHashMap<String, LineTokenizer>(tokenizers);
 	}
 
-	public FieldSet process(String line) throws Exception {
+	public FieldSet process(String line) {
 
 		if (line == null) {
 			return new DefaultFieldSet(new String[0]);
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator.java
index 406f7098d..81cf5b5df 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/transform/RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class RecursiveCollectionLineAggregator<T> implements LineAggregator<Coll
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.LineAggregator#aggregate(java.lang.Object)
 	 */
-	public String process(Collection<T> items) throws Exception {
+	public String process(Collection<T> items) {
 		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 		for (T value : items) {
 			builder.append(delegate.process(value) + LINE_SEPARATOR);
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/multiline/AggregateItemFieldSetMapper.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/multiline/AggregateItemFieldSetMapper.java
index 9c05c2fd5..7eb115148 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/multiline/AggregateItemFieldSetMapper.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/multiline/AggregateItemFieldSetMapper.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class AggregateItemFieldSetMapper<T> implements FieldSetMapper<AggregateI
 	 * @return an {@link AggregateItem} that wraps the return value from the
 	 * delegate
 	 */
-	public AggregateItem<T> process(FieldSet fieldSet) throws Exception {
+	public AggregateItem<T> process(FieldSet fieldSet) {
 
 		if (fieldSet.readString(0).equals(begin)) {
 			return AggregateItem.getHeader();
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
index d29f93d6a..be65eb97f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/domain/trade/CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class CompositeCustomerUpdateLineTokenizer extends StepExecutionListenerS
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.LineTokenizer#tokenize(java.lang.String)
 	 */
-	public FieldSet process(String line) throws Exception {
+	public FieldSet process(String line) {
 		
 		if(line.charAt(0) == 'F'){
 			//line starts with F, so the footer tokenizer should tokenize it.