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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}