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package org.jruby.javasupport.proxy;

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

import org.jruby.javasupport.ParameterTypes;
import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;

public interface JavaProxyMethod extends IRubyObject, ParameterTypes {

    Method getSuperMethod();

    
get state (cache target callable?) in the proxy method /** get state (cache target callable?) in the proxy method */
    Object getState();

    
store state (cache target callable?) in the proxy method /** store state (cache target callable?) in the proxy method */
    void setState(Object state);

    
is it possible to call the super method? /** is it possible to call the super method? */
    boolean hasSuperImplementation();

    
Params:
proxy – 
args – 
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException – 
IllegalAccessException – 
InvocationTargetException – 
NoSuchMethodException – 
            if this ProxyMethod has no super implementation
Returns:
/**
     * @param proxy
     * @param args
     * @return
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     * @throws IllegalAccessException
     * @throws InvocationTargetException
     * @throws NoSuchMethodException
     *             if this ProxyMethod has no super implementation
     */
    Object invoke(Object proxy, Object[] args) throws IllegalArgumentException,
            IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException,
            NoSuchMethodException;

    @Deprecated // not-used
    Object defaultResult();

    String getName();

    Class<?> getReturnType();

    JavaProxyClass getDeclaringClass();

    int getModifiers();

}