org.springframework.aop

Interface MethodBeforeAdvice

All Superinterfaces:

Advice, BeforeAdvice

All Known Implementing Classes:

AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice

public interface MethodBeforeAdvice
extends BeforeAdvice

Advice invoked before a method is invoked. Such advices cannot prevent the method call proceeding, unless they throw a Throwable.

Author:

Rod Johnson

See Also:

AfterReturningAdvice, ThrowsAdvice

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	before(java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Object[] args, java.lang.Object target) Callback before a given method is invoked.

Method Detail

before

void before(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
            java.lang.Object[] args,
            java.lang.Object target)
     throws java.lang.Throwable

Callback before a given method is invoked.

Parameters:

method - method being invoked

args - arguments to the method

target - target of the method invocation. May be null.

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable - if this object wishes to abort the call. Any exception thrown will be returned to the caller if it's allowed by the method signature. Otherwise the exception will be wrapped as a runtime exception.