001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.beans.factory.support; 018 019import java.lang.reflect.Method; 020 021/** 022 * Interface to be implemented by classes that can reimplement any method 023 * on an IoC-managed object: the <b>Method Injection</b> form of 024 * Dependency Injection. 025 * 026 * <p>Such methods may be (but need not be) abstract, in which case the 027 * container will create a concrete subclass to instantiate. 028 * 029 * @author Rod Johnson 030 * @since 1.1 031 */ 032public interface MethodReplacer { 033 034 /** 035 * Reimplement the given method. 036 * @param obj the instance we're reimplementing the method for 037 * @param method the method to reimplement 038 * @param args arguments to the method 039 * @return return value for the method 040 */ 041 Object reimplement(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable; 042 043}