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

org.springframework.beans.factory.support

## Class MethodOverride

- java.lang.Object
- - org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MethodOverride

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    BeanMetadataElement
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    LookupOverride, ReplaceOverride

      public abstract class MethodOverride
      extends Object
      implements BeanMetadataElement

  Object representing the override of a method on a managed object by the IoC container.

  Note that the override mechanism is not intended as a generic means of inserting crosscutting code: use AOP for that.

  Since:
    1.1
  Author:
    Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `MethodOverride(String methodName)` Construct a new override for the given method.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(Object other)`
    `String` | `getMethodName()` Return the name of the method to be overridden.
    `Object` | `getSource()` Return the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element (may be `null`).
    `int` | `hashCode()`
    `protected boolean` | `isOverloaded()` Return whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).
    `abstract boolean` | `matches(Method method)` Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method.
    `protected void` | `setOverloaded(boolean overloaded)` Set whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).
    `void` | `setSource(Object source)` Set the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element.

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### MethodOverride

          protected MethodOverride(String methodName)

      Construct a new override for the given method.
      Parameters:
        `methodName` - the name of the method to override

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getMethodName

          public String getMethodName()

      Return the name of the method to be overridden.

    - #### setOverloaded

          protected void setOverloaded(boolean overloaded)

      Set whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).

      Default is "true"; can be switched to "false" to optimize runtime performance.

    - #### isOverloaded

          protected boolean isOverloaded()

      Return whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).

    - #### setSource

          public void setSource(Object source)

      Set the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element.

      The exact type of the object will depend on the configuration mechanism used.

    - #### getSource

          public Object getSource()

      Description copied from interface: `BeanMetadataElement`
      Return the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element (may be `null`).
      Specified by:
        `getSource` in interface `BeanMetadataElement`

    - #### matches

          public abstract boolean matches(Method method)

      Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method. This allows for argument list checking as well as method name checking.
      Parameters:
        `method` - the method to check
      Returns:
        whether this override matches the given method

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object other)

      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `Object`

    - #### hashCode

          public int hashCode()

      Overrides:
        `hashCode` in class `Object`