1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 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 * Advice invoked before a method is invoked. Such advices cannot 23 * prevent the method call proceeding, unless they throw a Throwable. 24 * 25 * @see AfterReturningAdvice 26 * @see ThrowsAdvice 27 * 28 * @author Rod Johnson 29 */ 30 public interface MethodBeforeAdvice extends BeforeAdvice { 31 32 /** 33 * Callback before a given method is invoked. 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 before(Method method, Object[] args, Object target) throws Throwable; 43 44 } 45