velmethod.java

velocity 的脚本语言的全部代码集合

package org.apache.velocity.util.introspection;

/*
 * Copyright 2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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/**
 *  Method used for regular method invocation
 *
 *    $foo.bar()
 *
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a>
 * @version $Id: VelMethod.java,v 1.2.4.1 2004/03/03 23:23:08 geirm Exp $
 */
public interface VelMethod
{
    /**
     *  invocation method - called when the method invocationshould be
     *  preformed and a value returned
     */
    public Object invoke(Object o, Object[] params)
        throws Exception;

    /**
     *  specifies if this VelMethod is cacheable and able to be
     *  reused for this class of object it was returned for
     *
     *  @return true if can be reused for this class, false if not
     */
    public boolean isCacheable();

    /**
     *  returns the method name used
     */
    public String getMethodName();

    /**
     *  returns the return type of the method invoked
     */
    public Class getReturnType();
}