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package org.apache.ode.jacob;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.ode.jacob.oo.ClassUtil;

/**
 * Base class for constructs which rely on a Java method body to represent some
 * aspect of the process.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public abstract class JacobObject implements Serializable {
    public Set<Method> getImplementedMethods() {
    	return null;
    }

    public Method getMethod(String methodName) {
        Set<Method> implementedMethods = getImplementedMethods();
        implementedMethods = implementedMethods == null ? ClassUtil.runMethodSet() : implementedMethods;
        for (Method m : implementedMethods) {
            if (m.getName().equals(methodName)) {
                return m;
            }
        }
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("No such method \"" + methodName + "\"!");
    }

    public String toString() {
        return "<JacobObject:" + getClass().getSimpleName() + ">";
    }

}