org.springframework.aop
Interface Pointcut

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut, ComposablePointcut, ControlFlowPointcut, DynamicMethodMatcherPointcut, DynamicMethodMatcherPointcutAdvisor, JdkRegexpMethodPointcut, NameMatchMethodPointcut, NameMatchMethodPointcutAdvisor, Perl5RegexpMethodPointcut, StaticMethodMatcherPointcut, StaticMethodMatcherPointcutAdvisor, TransactionAttributeSourceAdvisor, TruePointcut, UnionPointcut

public interface Pointcut

Core Spring pointcut abstraction.

A pointcut is composed of a ClassFilter and a MethodMatcher. Both these basic terms and a Pointcut itself can be combined to build up combinations (e.g. through ComposablePointcut).

Author:

Rod Johnson

See Also:

ClassFilter, MethodMatcher, Pointcuts, ClassFilters, MethodMatchers

Field Summary

static Pointcut

TRUE Canonical Pointcut instance that always matches.

Method Summary

ClassFilter	getClassFilter() Return the ClassFilter for this pointcut.
MethodMatcher	getMethodMatcher() Return the MethodMatcher for this pointcut.

Field Detail

TRUE

static final Pointcut TRUE

Canonical Pointcut instance that always matches.

Method Detail

getClassFilter

ClassFilter getClassFilter()

Return the ClassFilter for this pointcut.

Returns:

the ClassFilter (never null)

getMethodMatcher

MethodMatcher getMethodMatcher()

Return the MethodMatcher for this pointcut.

Returns:

the MethodMatcher (never null)