Package org.aopalliance.intercept

Interface Interceptor

All Superinterfaces:

Advice

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConstructorInterceptor, MethodInterceptor

public interface Interceptor
extends Advice

This interface represents a generic interceptor. A generic interceptor can intercept runtime events that occur within a base program. Those events are materialized by (reified in) joinpoints. Runtime joinpoints can be invocations, field access, exceptions... This interface is not used directly. Use the sub-interfaces to intercept specific events. For instance, the following class implements some specific interceptors in order to implement a debugger:

 class DebuggingInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor,
     ConstructorInterceptor {

   Object invoke(MethodInvocation i) throws Throwable {
     debug(i.getMethod(), i.getThis(), i.getArgs());
     return i.proceed();
   }

   Object construct(ConstructorInvocation i) throws Throwable {
     debug(i.getConstructor(), i.getThis(), i.getArgs());
     return i.proceed();
   }

   void debug(AccessibleObject ao, Object this, Object value) {
     ...
   }
 }
 

See Also:

• Joinpoint