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 *
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package org.junit.jupiter.api.extension;

import static org.apiguardian.api.API.Status.EXPERIMENTAL;

import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.apiguardian.api.API;

/**
 * {@code ReflectiveInvocationContext} encapsulates the context of
 * a reflective invocation of an executable (method or constructor).
 *
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 *
 * @since 5.5
 */
@API(status = EXPERIMENTAL, since = "5.5")
public interface ReflectiveInvocationContext {

	/**
	 * Get the target class of this invocation context.
	 *
	 * 
If this invocation context represents an instance method, this
	 * method returns the class of the object the method will be invoked on,
	 * not the class it is declared in. Otherwise, if this invocation
	 * represents a static method or constructor, this method returns the
	 * class the method or constructor is declared in.
	 *
	 * @return the target class of this invocation context; never
	 * {@code null}
	 */
	Class getTargetClass();

	/**
	 * Get the method or constructor of this invocation context.
	 *
	 * @return the executable of this invocation context; never {@code null}
	 */
	T getExecutable();

	/**
	 * Get the arguments of the executable in this invocation context.
	 *
	 * @return the arguments of the executable in this invocation context;
	 * immutable and never {@code null}
	 */
	List