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+/*
+ * 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.io.file.mapping;
+
+
+/**
+ * Pass through {@link FieldSetMapper} useful for
+ * passing a fieldset back from a FlatFileInputsource rather
+ * than a mapped object.
+ *
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ *
+ */
+public class PassThroughFieldSetMapper implements FieldSetMapper {
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.batch.io.file.FieldSetMapper#mapLine(org.springframework.batch.io.file.FieldSet)
+	 */
+	public Object mapLine(FieldSet fs) {
+		return fs;
+	}
+
+}