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package org.springframework.aop;
import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
/**
* Base interface holding AOP advice (action to take at a joinpoint)
* and a filter determining the applicability of the advice (such as
* a pointcut). This interface is not for use by Spring users, but to
* allow for commonality in support for different types of advice.
*
* Spring AOP is based around around advice delivered via method
* interception, compliant with the AOP Alliance interception API.
* The Advisor interface allows support for different types of advice,
* such as before and after advice, which need not be
* implemented using interception.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
*/
public interface Advisor {
/**
* Return the advice part of this aspect. An advice may be an
* interceptor, a before advice, a throws advice, etc.
* @return the advice that should apply if the pointcut matches
* @see org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor
* @see BeforeAdvice
* @see ThrowsAdvice
* @see AfterReturningAdvice
*/
Advice getAdvice();
/**
* Return whether this advice is associated with a particular instance
* (for example, creating a mixin) or shared with all instances of
* the advised class obtained from the same Spring bean factory.
*
Note that this method is not currently used by the framework.
* Typical Advisor implementations always return true.
* Use singleton/prototype bean definitions or appropriate programmatic
* proxy creation to ensure that Advisors have the correct lifecycle model.
* @return whether this advice is associated with a particular target instance
*/
boolean isPerInstance();
}