org.springframework.beans.factory.support
Class MethodOverride

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MethodOverride

Direct Known Subclasses:

LookupOverride, ReplaceOverride

public abstract class MethodOverride

extends Object

Object representing the override of a method on a managed object by the IoC container.

Note that the override mechanism is not intended as a generic means of inserting crosscutting code: use AOP for that.

Author:

Rod Johnson

Constructor Summary

protected

MethodOverride(String methodName) Create a new override for the given method.

Method Summary

String	getMethodName() Return the name of the method to be overridden.
abstract boolean	matches(Method method, MethodOverrides overrides) Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MethodOverride

protected MethodOverride(String methodName)

Create a new override for the given method.

Parameters:

methodName - the name of the method to be overridden

Method Detail

getMethodName

public String getMethodName()

Return the name of the method to be overridden.

matches

public abstract boolean matches(Method method,
                                MethodOverrides overrides)

Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method. This allows for argument list checking as well as method name checking.

Parameters:

method - the method to check

overrides - owning MethodOverrides object. This allows us to check whether the method is overloaded.

Returns:

whether this override matches the given method