Interface IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher

All Superinterfaces:
MethodMatcher
All Known Implementing Classes:
AspectJExpressionPointcut

public interface IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher extends MethodMatcher
A specialized type of MethodMatcher that takes into account introductions when matching methods. If there are no introductions on the target class, a method matcher may be able to optimize matching more effectively for example.
Since:
2.0
Author:
Adrian Colyer
  • Field Summary

    Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher

    TRUE
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions)
    Perform static checking whether the given method matches.

    Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher

    isRuntime, matches, matches
  • Method Details

    • matches

      boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions)
      Perform static checking whether the given method matches. This may be invoked instead of the 2-arg MethodMatcher.matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class) method if the caller supports the extended IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher interface.
      Parameters:
      method - the candidate method
      targetClass - the target class
      hasIntroductions - true if the object on whose behalf we are asking is the subject on one or more introductions; false otherwise
      Returns:
      whether or not this method matches statically