Call a method any time other methods are called

Question

Is there any way to make a sort of \"supermethod\" that is called every time a method is called, even for non-defined methods? Sort of like this:

public void         


        

Answer 1

Here is an implementation in pure Java using the Proxy class:

import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Demo
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Map map = new HashMap();
        map.put("onStart", "abc");
        map.put("onEnd", "def");
        Library library = new LibraryProxy(map, new LibraryImpl()).proxy();
        library.onStart();
        library.onEnd();
        library.onRun();
    }
}

interface Library
{
    void onStart();
    void onEnd();
    void onRun();
}

class LibraryImpl
{
    public void abc() { System.out.println("Start"); }
    public void def() { System.out.println("End"); }
}

class LibraryProxy implements InvocationHandler
{
    Map map;
    Object impl;

    public LibraryProxy(Map map, Object impl)
    {
        this.map = map;
        this.impl = impl;
    }

    public Library proxy()
    {
        return (Library) Proxy.newProxyInstance(Library.class.getClassLoader(),
            new Class[] { Library.class }, this);
    }

    @Override
    public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method m, Object[] args) throws Throwable
    {
        Object res = null;
        String name = map.get(m.getName());
        if (name == null) {
            System.out.println("[" + m.getName() + " is not defined]");
        } else {
            m = impl.getClass().getMethod(name, m.getParameterTypes());
            res = m.invoke(impl, args);
        }
        System.out.println("super duper");
        return res;
    }
}

Output:

Start
super duper
End
super duper
[onRun is not defined]
super duper