ass="block">Override this method if the ItemReadListener
 will do something before the item is read.  
 The default implementation does nothing.</div>
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<dt><span class="overrideSpecifyLabel">Specified by:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="ItemReadListener.html#beforeRead()">beforeRead</a></code>&nbsp;in interface&nbsp;<code><a href="ItemReadListener.html" title="interface in jakarta.batch.api.chunk.listener">ItemReadListener</a></code></dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a hre