net.openhft.chronicle.bytes

Interface Invocation

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Invocation

A functional interface representing the act of invoking a method.

It is primarily used as a callback within interceptor patterns such as MethodReaderInterceptorReturns to allow the interceptor to control or augment the actual method execution.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	invoke(Method m, Object o, Object[] args) Invokes the supplied method.

Method Detail

invoke

Object invoke(Method m,
              Object o,
              Object[] args)
       throws InvocationTargetException

Invokes the supplied method.

Parameters:

m - the Method to invoke, must not be null

o - the instance on which the method should be invoked, null for static methods

args - the arguments to be passed to the method, may be null

Returns:

the result of the invocation or null if the method returns void

Throws:

InvocationTargetException - if the underlying method throws an exception

IllegalArgumentException - if the arguments do not match the method signature

NullPointerException - if m is null