@Override public AbstractTaskletStepBuilder<SimpleStepBuilder<I, O>> stream(ItemStream stream) { if (stream instanceof ItemReader<?>) { if (!streamIsReader) { streamIsReader = true; super.stream(chunkMonitor); } // In cases where multiple nested item readers are registered, // they all want to get the open() and close() callbacks. chunkMonitor.registerItemStream(stream); } else { super.stream(stream); } return this; }