JdbcMapper/beehive-controls/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/api/bean/Extensible.java

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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* The Extensible interface is implemented by a Java Control implementation class if the
* control defines an extensibility model that allows extended operations to be declared
* using a JCX interface.
* <p>
* The interface provides the <code>invoke</code> method, that is called whenever an
* extended operation is called by the client at run time.
*/
public interface Extensible
{
/**
* Called by the Controls runtime to handle calls to methods of an
* extensible control.
* <p>
* @param method The extended operation that was called.
* @param args Parameters of the operation.
* @return The value that should be returned by the operation.
* @throws java.lang.Throwable any exception declared on the extended operation may be
* thrown. If a checked exception is thrown from the implementation that is not declared
* on the original interface, it will be wrapped in a ControlException.
*/
public Object invoke(Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable;
}