Interceptor (JBoss Invocation API - Jakarta EE Variant 2.0.0.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccessCheckingInterceptor, ContextClassLoaderInterceptor, DoAsInterceptor, InitialInterceptor, MethodInterceptor, MethodInvokingInterceptor, SecurityIdentityInterceptor
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public interface Interceptor
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A processor for invocations. May perform some action, including but not limited to handling the invocation, before or in lieu of passing it on to the dispatcher or another processor.

Author:

Carlo de Wolf, David M. Lloyd

- Field Summary
  
  Fields
  Modifier and Type Field Description
  
  static Interceptor[] EMPTY_ARRAY
  An empty interceptor array.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  Object processInvocation(InterceptorContext context)
  Process an invocation.

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY_ARRAY
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static final Interceptor[] EMPTY_ARRAY
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    An empty interceptor array.
- Method Detail
  - processInvocation
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Object processInvocation(InterceptorContext context)
                  throws Exception
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    Process an invocation. The invocation can be handled directly, or passed on to the next processor in the chain.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - the interceptor context
    
    Returns:
    
    the result of the invocation
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception - If the underlying invocation resulted in some exception