Class ReplaceOverride

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    BeanMetadataElement

    public class ReplaceOverride
    extends MethodOverride
    Extension of MethodOverride that represents an arbitrary override of a method by the IoC container.

    Any non-final method can be overridden, irrespective of its parameters and return types.

    Since:
    1.1
    Author:
    Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller
    • Constructor Detail

      • ReplaceOverride

        public ReplaceOverride​(String methodName,
                               String methodReplacerBeanName)
        Construct a new ReplaceOverride.
        Parameters:
        methodName - the name of the method to override
        methodReplacerBeanName - the bean name of the MethodReplacer
    • Method Detail

      • addTypeIdentifier

        public void addTypeIdentifier​(String identifier)
        Add a fragment of a class string, like "Exception" or "java.lang.Exc", to identify a parameter type.
        Parameters:
        identifier - a substring of the fully qualified class name
      • matches

        public boolean matches​(Method method)
        Description copied from class: MethodOverride
        Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method. This allows for argument list checking as well as method name checking.
        Specified by:
        matches in class MethodOverride
        Parameters:
        method - the method to check
        Returns:
        whether this override matches the given method