CallbackMethod.java

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package com.impetus.kundera.ejb.event;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

/**
 * Interface that defines how JPA Entity Listeners can be called.
 * 
 * @author animesh.kumar
 */
public interface CallbackMethod {

    /**
     * Invokes the method with entity object.
     * 
     * @param entity
     *            the entity
     * 
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             the illegal argument exception
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     *             the illegal access exception
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     *             the invocation target exception
     * @throws InstantiationException
     *             the instantiation exception
     */
    public void invoke(Object entity) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, InstantiationException;
}