Using AsyncItemWriter with CompositeItemWriter

Question

Can AsyncItemWriter be used with CompositeItemWriter?

From the source code:

• public class CompositeItemWriter<T> implements ItemStreamWriter<T>, InitializingBean
• public interface ItemStreamWriter<T> extends ItemStream, ItemWriter<T>
• public class AsyncItemWriter<T> implements ItemStreamWriter<Future<T>>, InitializingBean

The below code snippet to create a CompositeItemWriter using two AsyncItemWriter objects causes a compilation issue at the line - compositeItemWriter.setDelegates(itemWriterList); with the below error message. What am I missing here?

Required type: List<ItemWriter<? super Employee>>

Provided: List<AsyncItemWriter>

    @Bean
    public AsyncItemWriter<Employee> asyncEmployeeJsonWriter() {
        AsyncItemWriter<Employee> asyncItemJsonWriter = new AsyncItemWriter<>();
        asyncItemJsonWriter.setDelegate(empJsonWriter);
        return asyncItemJsonWriter;
    }

    @Bean
    public AsyncItemWriter<Employee> asyncEmployeeCsvWriter() {
        AsyncItemWriter<Employee> asyncItemCsvWriter = new AsyncItemWriter<>();
        asyncItemCsvWriter.setDelegate(empCsvWriter);
        return asyncItemCsvWriter;
    }

    @Bean
    public CompositeItemWriter<Employee> compositeItemWriter() {
        List<AsyncItemWriter<Employee>> itemWriterList = new ArrayList<>();
        itemWriterList.add(asyncEmployeeJsonWriter());
        itemWriterList.add(asyncEmployeeCsvWriter());
        CompositeItemWriter<Employee> compositeItemWriter = new CompositeItemWriter();
        compositeItemWriter.setDelegates(itemWriterList);
        return compositeItemWriter;
    }

Both empJsonWriter and empCsvWriter implement ItemWriter.

Dependency versions:

• spring-batch-integration-4.3.4.jar
• spring-batch-infrastructure-4.3.4.jar
• spring-boot-starter-batch:jar - 2.4.13
• javax.batch-api:jar - 1.0

P.S.

• There is a related question about AsyncItemWriter with ClassifierCompositeItemWriter - ClassifierCompositeItemWriter with AsyncItemWriter? but I need a code example to use AsyncItemWriter with CompositeItemWriter.
• The issue here - Issue in AsyncItemWriter with Spring Batch 5 is about Spring Boot 3 and Spring Batch 5.