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Central module for Tapestry, containing interfaces to the Java
Servlet API and all core services and components.
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package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
/**
* Represents a bridge to an object method, when that method may not be public. A MethodAccess object
* encapsulates the approach for invoking the method and capturing the result (either the return value,
* or the checked exception that is thrown).
*
* @since 5.2.0
* @see TransformMethod#getAccess()
*/
public interface MethodAccess
{
/**
* Invoke the method on the target, passing a number of arguments to the method.
* If the method throws a RuntimeException, that is passed through unchanged.
* If the method throws a checked exception, that will be reflected in the invocation result.
*
* @param target
* object on which to invoke a method
* @param arguments
* arguments to pass to the method
*/
MethodInvocationResult invoke(Object target, Object... arguments);
}