org.springframework.aop
Interface Advisor

All Known Subinterfaces:
AfterReturningAdvisor, BeforeAdvisor, InterceptionAdvisor, InterceptionAroundAdvisor, InterceptionIntroductionAdvisor, IntroductionAdvisor, PointcutAdvisor, ThrowsAdvisor

public interface Advisor

Base interface holding AOP advice (action to take at a joinpoint) and a filter determining the applicability of the advice (such as a pointcut). This interface is not for use by Spring users, but to allow for commonality in support for different types of advice.

Spring currently supports around advice delivered via method interception. However, this interface is intended to allow support for different types of advice, such as before and after advice, which need not be implemented using interception. Note that these advice types can be implemented using around advice at present.

Author:
Rod Johnson
Version: $Id: Advisor.java,v 1.3 2004/02/11 10:51:15 jhoeller Exp $
See Also: InterceptionAroundAdvisor, InterceptionIntroductionAdvisor

Method Summary
 booleanisPerInstance()
          Return whether this advice is associated with a particular instance (for example, creating a mixin) or is it shared with all instances of the advised class obtained from the same Spring bean factory.

Method Detail

isPerInstance

public boolean isPerInstance()
Return whether this advice is associated with a particular instance (for example, creating a mixin) or is it shared with all instances of the advised class obtained from the same Spring bean factory. Note that this method is not currently used by the framework. Use singleton/prototype bean definitions or appropriate programmatic proxy creation to ensure that Advisors have the correct lifecycle model.