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016
017package org.springframework.web.method;
018
019import java.lang.reflect.Method;
020import java.util.Set;
021
022import org.springframework.core.MethodIntrospector;
023import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter;
024
025/**
026 * Defines the algorithm for searching handler methods exhaustively including interfaces and parent
027 * classes while also dealing with parameterized methods as well as interface and class-based proxies.
028 *
029 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
030 * @since 3.1
031 * @deprecated as of Spring 4.2.3, in favor of the generalized and refined {@link MethodIntrospector}
032 */
033@Deprecated
034public abstract class HandlerMethodSelector {
035
036        /**
037         * Select handler methods for the given handler type.
038         * <p>Callers define handler methods of interest through the {@link MethodFilter} parameter.
039         * @param handlerType the handler type to search handler methods on
040         * @param handlerMethodFilter a {@link MethodFilter} to help recognize handler methods of interest
041         * @return the selected methods, or an empty set
042         * @see MethodIntrospector#selectMethods
043         */
044        public static Set<Method> selectMethods(Class<?> handlerType, MethodFilter handlerMethodFilter) {
045                return MethodIntrospector.selectMethods(handlerType, handlerMethodFilter);
046        }
047
048}