Spring Framework example source code file (IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher.java)

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The Spring Framework IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher.java source code

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package org.springframework.aop;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * A specialized type of MethodMatcher that takes into account introductions when
 * matching methods. If there are no introductions on the target class, a method
 * matcher may be able to optimize matching more effectively for example.
 *
 * @author Adrian Colyer
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher extends MethodMatcher {

	/**
	 * Perform static checking whether the given method matches. This may be invoked
	 * instead of the 2-arg {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class)} method
	 * if the caller supports the extended IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher interface.
	 * @param method the candidate method
	 * @param targetClass the target class (may be <code>null, in which case
	 * the candidate class must be taken to be the method's declaring class)
	 * @param hasIntroductions <code>true if the object on whose behalf we are
	 * asking is the subject on one or more introductions; <code>false otherwise
	 * @return whether or not this method matches statically
	 */
	boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions);

}