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package org.jsecurity.aop;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * 3rd-party API independent representation of a method invocation.  This is needed so JSecurity can support other
 * MethodInvocation instances from other AOP frameworks/APIs.
 *
 * @author Jeremy Haile
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @since 0.1
 */
public interface MethodInvocation {

    /**
     * Continues the method invocation chain, or if the last in the chain, the method itself.
     *
     * @return the result of the Method invocation.
     * @throws Throwable if the method or chain throws a Throwable
     */
    Object proceed() throws Throwable;

    /**
     * Returns the actual {@link Method Method} to be invoked.
     *
     * @return the actual {@link Method Method} to be invoked.
     */
    Method getMethod();

    /**
     * Returns the (possibly null) arguments to be supplied to the method invocation.
     *
     * @return the (possibly null) arguments to be supplied to the method invocation.
     */
    Object[] getArguments();


}