Package org.springframework.aop

Interface IntroductionInterceptor

All Superinterfaces:
Advice, DynamicIntroductionAdvice, Interceptor, MethodInterceptor
All Known Implementing Classes:
DelegatePerTargetObjectIntroductionInterceptor, DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor
public interface IntroductionInterceptor extends MethodInterceptor, DynamicIntroductionAdvice
Subinterface of AOP Alliance MethodInterceptor that allows additional interfaces to be implemented by the interceptor, and available via a proxy using that interceptor. This is a fundamental AOP concept called introduction.

Introductions are often mixins, enabling the building of composite objects that can achieve many of the goals of multiple inheritance in Java.

Author:
Rod Johnson
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