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package org.springframework.aop;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* A specialized type of {@link MethodMatcher} that takes into account introductions
* when matching methods. If there are no introductions on the target class,
* a method matcher may be able to optimize matching more effectively for example.
*
* @author Adrian Colyer
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher extends MethodMatcher {
/**
* Perform static checking whether the given method matches. This may be invoked
* instead of the 2-arg {@link #matches(java.lang.reflect.Method, Class)} method
* if the caller supports the extended IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher interface.
* @param method the candidate method
* @param targetClass the target class
* @param hasIntroductions {@code true} if the object on whose behalf we are
* asking is the subject on one or more introductions; {@code false} otherwise
* @return whether this method matches statically
*/
boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions);
}