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package org.aopalliance.intercept;
/**
* Intercepts calls on an interface on its way to the target. These
* are nested "on top" of the target.
*
* <p>The user should implement the {@link #invoke(MethodInvocation)}
* method to modify the original behavior. E.g. the following class
* implements a tracing interceptor (traces all the calls on the
* intercepted method(s)):
*
* <pre class=code>
* class TracingInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
* Object invoke(MethodInvocation i) throws Throwable {
* System.out.println("method "+i.getMethod()+" is called on "+
* i.getThis()+" with args "+i.getArguments());
* Object ret=i.proceed();
* System.out.println("method "+i.getMethod()+" returns "+ret);
* return ret;
* }
* }
* </pre>
*
* @author Rod Johnson
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface MethodInterceptor extends Interceptor {
/**
* Implement this method to perform extra treatments before and
* after the invocation. Polite implementations would certainly
* like to invoke {@link Joinpoint#proceed()}.
* @param invocation the method invocation joinpoint
* @return the result of the call to {@link Joinpoint#proceed()};
* might be intercepted by the interceptor
* @throws Throwable if the interceptors or the target object
* throws an exception
*/
Object invoke(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable;
}