org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.metaclass
[Java] Interface Interceptor

public interface Interceptor

Implementers of this interface can be registered in the ProxyMetaClass for notifications about method calls for objects managed by the ProxyMetaClass. Based off the original work in Groovy core, but uses a callback object instead for thread safety.

Authors:

Dierk Koenig

Graeme Rocher

Since:

0.2

afterInvoke

public java.lang.Object afterInvoke(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object[] arguments, java.lang.Object result)

This code is executed after the method is optionally called.

Parameters:

object - receiver object for the called method

methodName - name of the called method

arguments - arguments to the called method

result - result of the executed method call or result of beforeInvoke if method was not called

Returns:

any arbitrary result that can replace the result of the original method call. Typically, the result parameter is returned.

beforeInvoke

public java.lang.Object beforeInvoke(java.lang.Object object, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object[] arguments, InvocationCallback callback)

This code is executed before the method is optionally called.

Parameters:

object - receiver object for the method call

methodName - name of the method to call

arguments - arguments to the method call

callback - The callback object

Returns:

any arbitrary result that replaces the result of the original method call only if the callback object is marked relays this result.

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