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package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons.metaclass;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;

/**
 * 
 * 
 * @author Steven Devijver
 * @since Aug 7, 2005
 */
public abstract class AbstractStaticMethodInvocation implements StaticMethodInvocation {

	private Pattern pattern = null;
	
	public AbstractStaticMethodInvocation() {
		super();
	}

	public void setPattern(Pattern pattern) {
		this.pattern = pattern;
	}
	
	protected Pattern getPattern() {
		return pattern;
	}

	public boolean isMethodMatch(String methodName) {
		return this.pattern.matcher(methodName.subSequence(0, methodName.length())).matches();
	}

	public abstract Object invoke(Class clazz, String methodName, Object[] arguments);

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
	 */
	public String toString() {
		return new ToStringBuilder(this)
						.append("Pattern",this.pattern)
						.toString();
	}

	
}