**[tobecat](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=tobecat)** opened **[BATCH-2798](https://jira.spring.io/browse/BATCH-2798?redirect=false)** and commented In static class DelimitedBuilder (FlatFileItemReaderBuilder Class), there is no method to set strict to DelimitedLineTokenizer. It is always true. Please Add method for set strict flag. public DelimitedBuilder \<T> strict(boolean strict) { this.strict = strict; return this; } --- No further details from [BATCH-2798](https://jira.spring.io/browse/BATCH-2798?redirect=false)