net.openhft.chronicle.wire

Interface MethodDelegate<OUT>

public interface MethodDelegate<OUT>

Represents an interface that provides a mechanism for method delegation. Implementors may set a delegate to which method invocations are forwarded, allowing behaviour to be modified, augmented or decorated.

Typically, an instance implementing MethodDelegate and another target interface (for example MyService) is generated dynamically (see GenerateMethodDelegate). When methods of MyService are called on the generated instance, they are forwarded to the delegate object set via the delegate(Object) method, provided that the delegate also implements MyService.

The type parameter <OUT> specifies the type of the delegate object to which methods will be forwarded.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	delegate(OUT delegate) Sets the delegate to which method invocations will be forwarded.

Method Detail

delegate

void delegate(OUT delegate)

Sets the delegate to which method invocations will be forwarded.

This mechanism allows the delegation of method calls to an alternate implementation, enabling behaviours such as logging, mocking or additional processing. The provided delegate should typically implement the same business interface(s) as the proxy that implements this MethodDelegate interface so that calls can be successfully forwarded.

Parameters:

delegate - The target object of type OUT that will receive the forwarded method calls.