cdmlib-persistence/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/persistence/dao/IMethodCache.java

   1 // $Id$
   2 /**
   3 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   6 *
   7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   9 */
  10
  11 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao;
  12
  13 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  14
  15
  16 /**
  17  * @author n.hoffmann
  18  * @created Mar 11, 2010
  19  * @version 1.0
  20  */
  21 public interface IMethodCache {
  22
  23         /**
  24          * Returns the method that is suitable for the given class and parameter type or
  25          * null if no such method exists.
  26          *
  27          * @param clazz
  28          * @param methodName
  29          * @param parameterType
  30          * @return
  31          */
  32         public Method getMethod(Class clazz, String methodName, Class parameterType);
  33 }