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/*
 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by classes that can reimplement any method
 * on an IoC-managed object: the <b>Method Injection</b> form of
 * Dependency Injection.
 *
 * <p>Such methods may be (but need not be) abstract, in which case the
 * container will create a concrete subclass to instantiate.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface MethodReplacer {

    /**
     * Reimplement the given method.
     * @param obj the instance we're reimplementing the method for
     * @param method the method to reimplement
     * @param args arguments to the method
     * @return return value for the method
     */
    Object reimplement(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable;

}