InvocationDataProvider.java

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package eu.cloudwave.wp5.feedbackhandler.advices;

/**
 * This class provides bunch of methods to get data about client invocation methods
 */
public interface InvocationDataProvider {

  /**
   * Analysis monitoring data and checks if the method has already been invoked before from the given caller. If not, we
   * have to calculate the cost impact.
   * 
   * @param invokedClassName
   * @param invokedMethodName
   * @param callerClassName
   * @param callerMethodName
   * @return yes/no
   */
  public boolean isNewlyInvoked(final String invokedClassName, final String invokedMethodName, final String callerClassName, final String callerMethodName);

}