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

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