/* * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springframework.context.event; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener; /** * Strategy interface for creating {@link ApplicationListener} for methods * annotated with {@link EventListener}. * * @author Stephane Nicoll * @since 4.2 */ public interface EventListenerFactory { /** * Specify if this factory supports the specified {@link Method}. * @param method an {@link EventListener} annotated method * @return {@code true} if this factory supports the specified method */ boolean supportsMethod(Method method); /** * Create an {@link ApplicationListener} for the specified method. * @param beanName the name of the bean * @param type the target type of the instance * @param method the {@link EventListener} annotated method * @return an application listener, suitable to invoke the specified method */ ApplicationListener<?> createApplicationListener(String beanName, Class<?> type, Method method); }