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package javax.faces.el;

import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * see Javadoc of <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1_01/docs/api/index.html">JSF Specification</a>
 *
 * @author Thomas Spiegl (latest modification by $Author$)
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public abstract class MethodBinding
{

    // FIELDS

    // CONSTRUCTORS
    public MethodBinding()
    {
    }

    // METHODS
    
    /**
     * returns the <code>String</code> of your expression like <code>#{bean.foo}</code>.
     */
    public String getExpressionString()
    {
        return null;
    }
    
    public abstract Class getType(FacesContext facescontext) throws MethodNotFoundException;

    public abstract Object invoke(FacesContext facescontext, Object aobj[])
        throws EvaluationException, MethodNotFoundException;
}