1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 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.aop; 18 19 import java.lang.reflect.Method; 20 21 /** 22 * After returning advice is invoked only on normal method return, not if an 23 * exception is thrown. Such advice can see the return value, but cannot change it. 24 * 25 * @author Rod Johnson 26 * @see MethodBeforeAdvice 27 * @see ThrowsAdvice 28 */ 29 public interface AfterReturningAdvice extends AfterAdvice { 30 31 /** 32 * Callback after a given method successfully returned. 33 * @param returnValue the value returned by the method, if any 34 * @param method method being invoked 35 * @param args arguments to the method 36 * @param target target of the method invocation. May be <code>null</code>. 37 * @throws Throwable if this object wishes to abort the call. 38 * Any exception thrown will be returned to the caller if it's 39 * allowed by the method signature. Otherwise the exception 40 * will be wrapped as a runtime exception. 41 */ 42 void afterReturning(Object returnValue, Method method, Object[] args, Object target) throws Throwable; 43 44 } 45