com.interface21.aop.framework
Interface MethodPointcut

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlwaysInvoked

public interface MethodPointcut

Interface to be implemented by objects that can cause conditional invocation of an Interceptor depending on the method, arguments and attributes passed.

Since:

03-Apr-2003

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Rod Johnson

Method Summary

boolean	applies(java.lang.reflect.Method m, java.lang.Object[] args, org.aopalliance.AttributeRegistry attributeRegistry) Should the interceptor be invoked?
org.aopalliance.MethodInterceptor	getInterceptor() Return the interceptor to run conditionally

Method Detail

getInterceptor

public org.aopalliance.MethodInterceptor getInterceptor()

Return the interceptor to run conditionally

Returns:

MethodInterceptor

applies

public boolean applies(java.lang.reflect.Method m,
                       java.lang.Object[] args,
                       org.aopalliance.AttributeRegistry attributeRegistry)

Should the interceptor be invoked? This method is invoked before any interceptors have been invoked.

Parameters:

m - method being invoked

args - arguments to the method

attributeRegistry - registry of attributes. Some implementations may wish to decide whether their interceptor should be invoked based on the value of this object.

Returns:

boolean whether the interceptor referenced by this object should be invoked