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package io.baratine.service;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;

/**
 * Low level interface to Baratine service methods.
 */
public interface MethodRef
{
  /**
   * Name of the method.
   */
  String getName();
  
  /**
   * Annotations on the method
   */
  //Annotation []getAnnotations();
  
  /**
   * The return type of this method.
   */
  //Type getReturnType();
  
  /** 
   * Types of the method arguments.
   */
  //Type []getParameterTypes();
  
  /**
   * Annotations for each method parameter.
   */
  //Annotation [][]getParameterAnnotations();

  /**
   * True if the final argument is variable-length.
   */
  //boolean isVarArgs();
  
  /**
   * The owning service.
   */
  ServiceRef serviceRef();
  
  /**
   * Call a method without a result value.
   * 
   * @param args arguments for this method invocation
   */
  void send(Object ...args);

  /**
   * Invoke a method with a result.
   * 
   * @param result Callback that handles success and failure cases for the query operation.
   * @param args arguments for this method invocation
   */
   void query(Result result,
                 Object ...args);
}