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.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) throws Throwable; 42 43 } 44