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package org.exoplatform.services.rest.method;

import org.exoplatform.services.rest.ApplicationContext;
import org.exoplatform.services.rest.impl.ApplicationContextImpl;
import org.exoplatform.services.rest.resource.GenericMethodResource;

/**
 * Invoke resource methods.
 * 
 * @see GenericMethodResource
 * @author <a href="mailto:andrew00x@gmail.com">Andrey Parfonov</a>
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public interface MethodInvoker
{

   /**
    * Invoke supplied method and return result of method invoking.
    * 
    * @param resource object that contains method
    * @param genericMethodResource See {@link GenericMethodResource}
    * @param context See {@link ApplicationContextImpl}
    * @return result of method invoking
    */
   Object invokeMethod(Object resource, GenericMethodResource genericMethodResource, ApplicationContext context);

}
