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package org.jboss.weld.introspector;

import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.AnnotatedMethod;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * AnnotatedType provides a uniform access to the annotations on an annotated
 * class defined either in Java or XML
 *
 * @author Pete Muir
 */
public interface WeldMethod extends WeldCallable, AnnotatedMethod {

    /**
     * Get the parameter types as an array
     */
    Class[] getParameterTypesAsArray();

    /**
     * Invokes the method
     *
     * @param instance   The instance to invoke
     * @param parameters The method parameters
     * @return A reference to the instance
     */
    T invoke(Object instance, Object... parameters) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException;

    /**
     * Invokes the method on the class of the passed instance, not the declaring
     * class. Useful with proxies
     *
     * @param instance The instance to invoke
     * @param manager  The Bean manager
     * @return A reference to the instance
     */
    T invokeOnInstance(Object instance, Object... parameters) throws IllegalArgumentException, SecurityException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException, NoSuchMethodException;

    /**
     * Gets the property name
     *
     * @return The name
     */
    String getPropertyName();

    /**
     * Checks if a this is equivalent to a JLR method
     *
     * @param method The JLR method
     * @return true if equivalent
     */
    boolean isEquivalent(Method method);

    MethodSignature getSignature();

}