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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* Interface to be implemented by classes that can reimplement any method
* on an IoC-managed object: the Method Injection form of
* Dependency Injection.
*
* Such methods may be (but need not be) abstract, in which case the
* container will create a concrete subclass to instantiate.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface MethodReplacer {
/**
* Reimplement the given method.
* @param obj the instance we're reimplementing the method for
* @param method the method to reimplement
* @param args arguments to the method
* @return return value for the method
*/
Object reimplement(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable;
}