01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
18:
19: import java.lang.reflect.Method;
20:
21: /**
22: * Interface to be implemented by classes that can reimplement any method
23: * on an IoC-managed object: the <b>Method Injection</b> form of
24: * Dependency Injection.
25: *
26: * <p>Such methods may be (but need not be) abstract, in which case the
27: * container will create a concrete subclass to instantiate.
28: *
29: * @author Rod Johnson
30: * @since 1.1
31: */
32: public interface MethodReplacer {
33:
34: /**
35: * Reimplement the given method.
36: * @param obj the instance we're reimplementing the method for
37: * @param method the method to reimplement
38: * @param args arguments to the method
39: * @return return value for the method
40: */
41: Object reimplement(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args)
42: throws Throwable;
43:
44: }
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