org.jboss.aop
Enum AdviceType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<AdviceType>
      org.jboss.aop.AdviceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AdviceType>

public enum AdviceType
extends Enum<AdviceType>

Indicates whether the type of an advice is before, around, after, throwing or finally.
Notice that interceptors are a special type of around advices.
Use this class to specify the type of the advice on a Bind annotation.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Kabir Khan

See Also:

Bind

Enum Constant Summary

AFTER
Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, only if it returns normally.

AROUND
Advice will be invoked before the joinpoint execution.

BEFORE
Advice will be invoked around the joinpoint execution, and as such is responsible for invoking the next advice in the chain and returning the joinpoint result value.

FINALLY
Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, regardless of how it returns.

THROWING
Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, only if it throws an exception.

Method Summary

static AdviceType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static AdviceType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

AROUND

public static final AdviceType AROUND

Advice will be invoked before the joinpoint execution.

BEFORE

public static final AdviceType BEFORE

Advice will be invoked around the joinpoint execution, and as such is responsible for invoking the next advice in the chain and returning the joinpoint result value.

AFTER

public static final AdviceType AFTER

Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, only if it returns normally.

THROWING

public static final AdviceType THROWING

Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, only if it throws an exception.

FINALLY

public static final AdviceType FINALLY

Advice will be invoked after the joinpoint execution, regardless of how it returns.

Method Detail

values

public static AdviceType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (AdviceType c : AdviceType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AdviceType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null