AdvisorChainFactory.java

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package org.springframework.aop.framework;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Factory interface for advisor chains.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 */
public interface AdvisorChainFactory {

	/**
	 * Determine a list of {@link org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor} objects
	 * for the given advisor chain configuration.
	 * @param config the AOP configuration in the form of an Advised object
	 * @param method the proxied method
	 * @param targetClass the target class
	 * @return List of MethodInterceptors (may also include InterceptorAndDynamicMethodMatchers)
	 */
	List getInterceptorsAndDynamicInterceptionAdvice(Advised config, Method method, Class targetClass);

}