001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.methodmatch; 016 017import org.apache.hivemind.service.MethodSignature; 018 019/** 020 * Used by a {@link org.apache.hivemind.methodmatch.MethodMatcher} to see if 021 * a {@link java.lang.reflect.Method} matches a particular (set of) requirements. 022 * 023 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 024 */ 025public abstract class MethodFilter 026{ 027 /** 028 * Analyzes the method (its name, its parameters, etc.) and returns true 029 * if the method matches the filter defined by a subclass. Returns false 030 * otherwise. 031 */ 032 public abstract boolean matchMethod(MethodSignature signature); 033}