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package org.springframework.aop;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Part of a {@link Pointcut}: Checks whether the target method is eligible for advice.
 *
 * <p>A MethodMatcher may be evaluated <b>statically</b> or at <b>runtime</b> (dynamically).
 * Static matching involves method and (possibly) method attributes. Dynamic matching
 * also makes arguments for a particular call available, and any effects of running
 * previous advice applying to the joinpoint.
 *
 * <p>If an implementation returns <code>false</code> from its {@link #isRuntime()}
 * method, evaluation can be performed statically, and the result will be the same
 * for all invocations of this method, whatever their arguments. This means that
 * if the {@link #isRuntime()} method returns <code>false</code>, the 3-arg
 * {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class, Object[])} method will never be invoked.
 *
 * <p>If an implementation returns <code>true</code> from its 2-arg
 * {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class)} method and its {@link #isRuntime()} method
 * returns <code>true</code>, the 3-arg {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class, Object[])}
 * method will be invoked <i>immediately before each potential execution of the related advice</i>,
 * to decide whether the advice should run. All previous advice, such as earlier interceptors
 * in an interceptor chain, will have run, so any state changes they have produced in
 * parameters or ThreadLocal state will be available at the time of evaluation.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 11.11.2003
 * @see Pointcut
 * @see ClassFilter
 */
public interface MethodMatcher {

	/**
	 * Perform static checking whether the given method matches. If this
	 * returns <code>false</code> or if the {@link #isRuntime()} method
	 * returns <code>false</code>, no runtime check (i.e. no.
	 * {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class, Object[])} call) will be made.
	 * @param method the candidate method
	 * @param targetClass the target class (may be <code>null</code>, in which case
	 * the candidate class must be taken to be the method's declaring class)
	 * @return whether or not this method matches statically
	 */
	boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass);

	/**
	 * Is this MethodMatcher dynamic, that is, must a final call be made on the
	 * {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class, Object[])} method at
	 * runtime even if the 2-arg matches method returns <code>true</code>?
	 * <p>Can be invoked when an AOP proxy is created, and need not be invoked
	 * again before each method invocation,
	 * @return whether or not a runtime match via the 3-arg
	 * {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class, Object[])} method
	 * is required if static matching passed
	 */
	boolean isRuntime();

	/**
	 * Check whether there a runtime (dynamic) match for this method,
	 * which must have matched statically.
	 * <p>This method is invoked only if the 2-arg matches method returns
	 * <code>true</code> for the given method and target class, and if the
	 * {@link #isRuntime()} method returns <code>true</code>. Invoked
	 * immediately before potential running of the advice, after any
	 * advice earlier in the advice chain has run.
	 * @param method the candidate method
	 * @param targetClass the target class (may be <code>null</code>, in which case
	 * the candidate class must be taken to be the method's declaring class)
	 * @param args arguments to the method
	 * @return whether there's a runtime match
	 * @see MethodMatcher#matches(Method, Class)
	 */
	boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, Object[] args);


	/**
	 * Canonical instance that matches all methods.
	 */
	MethodMatcher TRUE = TrueMethodMatcher.INSTANCE;

}