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package org.apache.velocity.util.introspection;

/*
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 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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 */

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 *  Method used for regular method invocation
 *
 *    $foo.bar()
 *
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:geirm@optonline.net">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface VelMethod
{
    /**
     *  invocation method - called when the method invocation should be
     *  performed and a value returned
     * @param o
     * @param params
     * @return The resulting object.
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     */
    Object invoke(Object o, Object[] params)
        throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException;

    /**
     *  specifies if this VelMethod is cacheable and able to be
     *  reused for this class of object it was returned for
     *
     *  @return true if can be reused for this class, false if not
     */
    boolean isCacheable();

    /**
     *  returns the method name used
     * @return The method name used
     */
    String getMethodName();

    /**
     * returns the underlying Method
     * @return the method
     * @since 2.0
     */
    Method getMethod();

    /**
     *  returns the return type of the method invoked
     * @return The return type of the method invoked
     */
    Class<?> getReturnType();
}