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package org.apache.beehive.controls.runtime.bean;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 *  The InvokeListener interface can be implemented by contextual services or helper
 *  classes associated with a ControlBean that want pre/post hook notifications of
 *  invocations occuring on a ControlBean.
 *
 *  Hooking is "read only".  An InvokeListener cannot modify the invoked method,
 *  arguments, return value or thrown exceptions in any way.
 */
public interface InvokeListener extends java.util.EventListener
{
    /**
     * Called just prior to invoking an operation or callback event on a control.
     */
    public void preInvoke(Method m, Object [] args);

    /**
     * Called just after inovcation of an operation or callback event on a control
     */
    public void postInvoke(Object retval, Throwable t);
}