Dispatchable.java

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package android.hardware.camera2.dispatch;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

/**
 * Dynamically dispatch a method and its argument to some object.
 *
 * <p>This can be used to intercept method calls and do work around them, redirect work,
 * or block calls entirely.</p>
 */
public interface Dispatchable<T> {
    /**
     * Dispatch the method and arguments to this object.
     * @param method a method defined in class {@code T}
     * @param args arguments corresponding to said {@code method}
     * @return the object returned when invoking {@code method}
     * @throws Throwable any exception that might have been raised while invoking the method
     */
    public Object dispatch(Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable;
}