001// Copyright 2010, 2011 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry5.services; 016 017import org.apache.tapestry5.plastic.MethodHandle; 018import org.apache.tapestry5.plastic.PlasticClass; 019import org.apache.tapestry5.plastic.PlasticMethod; 020 021/** 022 * Represents a bridge to an object method, when that method may not be public. A MethodAccess object 023 * encapsulates the approach for invoking the method and capturing the result (either the return value, 024 * or the checked exception that is thrown). 025 * 026 * @see TransformMethod#getAccess() 027 * @see PlasticClass 028 * @see PlasticMethod 029 * @see MethodHandle 030 * @since 5.2.0 031 * @deprecated Deprecated in 5.3 032 */ 033public interface MethodAccess 034{ 035 /** 036 * Invoke the method on the target, passing a number of arguments to the method. 037 * If the method throws a RuntimeException, that is passed through unchanged. 038 * If the method throws a checked exception, that will be reflected in the invocation result. 039 * 040 * @param target object on which to invoke a method 041 * @param arguments arguments to pass to the method 042 */ 043 MethodInvocationResult invoke(Object target, Object... arguments); 044}