001    /**
002     *
003     * Copyright 2005 LogicBlaze, Inc.
004     *
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     * limitations under the License.
016     *
017     **/
018    package org.logicblaze.lingo;
019    
020    import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
021    
022    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
023    import java.io.Serializable;
024    
025    /**
026     * Represents the metadata strategy used to decide which methods
027     * are one-way and which methods have parameters which should not
028     * be serialised etc.
029     *
030     * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
031     */
032    public interface MetadataStrategy extends Serializable {
033    
034        /**
035         * Generates the method specific metadata for the given method invocation
036         */
037        public MethodMetadata getMethodMetadata(Method method);
038    }