| An invoker is a target of method calls, where the calls are expressed
not as primitive Java method invocations, but according to the conventions
of the Core Reflection API.
Invokers are designed to be used along with the Core Reflection API.
The Invoker.invoke operation is similar to java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke,
except that the object (or objects) which receives the message is hidden
behind the invoker. Also, unlike Method.invoke, the action of the
Invoker.invoke operation is completely under programmer control,
because Invoker.invoke is an interface method, not a native method.
You can wrap an invoker around an object so that the invoker passes
all method calls down to the object. Such an invoker is called a
proxy invoker for that object.
You can also wrap a new object around an invoker, so that the object
implements some given interface (or interfaces), and passes all method
calls up to the invoker.
Such an object is called a proxy target object for that invoker.
You can do more complex tasks with invokers, such as passing each method
call through a network connection before it reaches its target object.
You can also filter or replicate method invocations. You can even
execute the the invocations interpretively, without ever calling
the method on a "real" Java object.
See Also: Method.invoke
See Also: Invoker.invoke
See Also: Proxies.newInvoker
See Also: Proxies.newTarget
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