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package com.github.dm.jrt.proxy.builder;
import com.github.dm.jrt.builder.ConfigurableBuilder;
import com.github.dm.jrt.builder.ProxyConfigurableBuilder;
import com.github.dm.jrt.util.ClassToken;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
/**
* Interface defining a builder of routines wrapping an object methods.
*
* Created by davide-maestroni on 03/07/2015.
*/
public interface ProxyRoutineBuilder extends ConfigurableBuilder,
ProxyConfigurableBuilder {
/**
* Returns a proxy object enabling asynchronous call of the target instance methods.
*
* The routines used for calling the methods will honor the attributes specified in any optional
* {@code com.github.dm.jrt.annotation.*} annotations.
* Note that such annotations will override any configuration set through the builder.
*
* The proxy object is created through code generation based on the interfaces annotated with
* {@link com.github.dm.jrt.proxy.annotation.Proxy Proxy}. The generated class name and package
* will be chosen according to the specific annotation attributes.
* It is actually possible to avoid the use of reflection for the proxy object instantiation by
* explicitly calling the <generated_class_name>.on() methods.
* Note, however, that, since the class is generated, a generic IDE may highlight an error even
* if the compilation is successful.
*
* @param itf the interface implemented by the return object.
* @param the interface type.
* @return the proxy object.
* @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if the specified class does not represent an
* interface.
* @see com.github.dm.jrt.annotation Annotations
*/
@NotNull
TYPE buildProxy(@NotNull Class itf);
/**
* Returns a proxy object enabling asynchronous call of the target instance methods.
*
* The routines used for calling the methods will honor the attributes specified in any optional
* {@code com.github.dm.jrt.annotation.*} annotations.
* Note that such annotations will override any configuration set through the builder.
*
* The proxy object is created through code generation based on the interfaces annotated with
* {@link com.github.dm.jrt.proxy.annotation.Proxy Proxy}. The generated class name and package
* will be chosen according to the specific annotation attributes.
* It is actually possible to avoid the use of reflection for the proxy object instantiation by
* explicitly calling the <generated_class_name>.on() methods.
* Note, however, that, since the class is generated, a generic IDE may highlight an error even
* if the compilation is successful.
*
* @param itf the token of the interface implemented by the return object.
* @param the interface type.
* @return the proxy object.
* @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if the specified class does not represent an
* interface.
* @see com.github.dm.jrt.annotation Annotations
*/
@NotNull
TYPE buildProxy(@NotNull ClassToken itf);
}