HandlerMethodSelector (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.web.method

## Class HandlerMethodSelector

- java.lang.Object
- - org.springframework.web.method.HandlerMethodSelector

-     public abstract class HandlerMethodSelector
      extends Object

  Defines the algorithm for searching handler methods exhaustively including interfaces and parent classes while also dealing with parameterized methods as well as interface and class-based proxies.
  Since:
    3.1
  Author:
    Rossen Stoyanchev

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `HandlerMethodSelector()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static Set<Method>` | `selectMethods(Class<?> handlerType, ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter handlerMethodFilter)` Selects handler methods for the given handler type.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### HandlerMethodSelector

          public HandlerMethodSelector()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### selectMethods

          public static Set<Method> selectMethods(Class<?> handlerType,
                                  ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter handlerMethodFilter)

      Selects handler methods for the given handler type. Callers of this method define handler methods of interest through the `ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter` parameter.
      Parameters:
        `handlerType` - the handler type to search handler methods on
        `handlerMethodFilter` - a `ReflectionUtils.MethodFilter` to help recognize handler methods of interest
      Returns:
        the selected methods, or an empty set