PartitionCollector (Jakarta EE Platform API)

```
public interface PartitionCollector
```
PartitionCollector provides a way to pass data from individual partitions to a single point of control running on the step's parent thread. The PartitionAnalyzer is used to receive and process this data.

Method Summary

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Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Serializable`	`collectPartitionData()`	The collectPartitionData method receives control periodically during partition processing.

- Method Detail
  - collectPartitionData
```
Serializable collectPartitionData()
                           throws Exception
```
    The collectPartitionData method receives control periodically during partition processing. This method receives control on each thread processing a partition as follows:
    
    for a chunk type step, it receives control after every chunk checkpoint and then one last time at the end of the partition;
    
    for a batchlet type step, it receives control once at the end of the batchlet.
    
    Note the collector is not called if the partition terminates due to an unhandled exception.
    Returns:
    
    an Serializable object to pass to the PartitionAnalyzer.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - is thrown if an error occurs.