pre>public&nbsp;void&nbsp;open(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/io/Serializable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.io">Serializable</a>&nbsp;checkpoint)
          throws <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Exception.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Exception</a></pre>
<div class="block">Override this method if the ItemWriter requires
 any open time processing.
 The default implementation does nothing.</div>
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