/**
* Copyright (C) 2003-2008 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, see<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.etk.core.rest.resource;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;
import org.etk.core.rest.method.MethodInvoker;
import org.etk.core.rest.method.MethodParameter;
/**
* Abstraction for method in resource, this essence is common for
* {@link ResourceMethodDescriptor}, {@link SubResourceMethodDescriptor},
* {@link SubResourceLocatorDescriptor} .
*
*/
public interface GenericMethodResource {
/**
* @return See {@link Method}
*/
Method getMethod();
/**
* @return List of method parameters
*/
List<MethodParameter> getMethodParameters();
/**
* @return parent resource descriptor
*/
AbstractResourceDescriptor getParentResource();
/**
* @return invoker that must be used for processing current method
*/
MethodInvoker getMethodInvoker();
/**
* @return Java type returned by method, see {@link #getMethod()}
*/
Class<?> getResponseType();
}