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package org.jowidgets.addons.widgets.browser.api;

public interface IBrowserFunction {

    /**
     * Will be invoked if java script function with the browser function name will be invoked.
     * 
     * Supported argument and return types are:
     * 
     * javascript type null or undefined -> <code>null</code> <br>
     * javascript type number -> <code>java.lang.Double</code> <br>
     * javascript type string -> <code>java.lang.String</code> <br>
     * javascript type boolean -> <code>java.lang.Boolean</code> <br>
     * javascript array (all types must be supported) -> <code>java.lang.Object[]</code> (converted as shown above)
     * 
     * @param args The functions arguments
     * 
     * @return The result of the invocation
     */
    Object invoke(Object[] args);

}