Re: [Springframework-developer] Method Replacement

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

Rob Harrop wrote:

> All,
>
> I am noticing some strange behavior when using method replacement.
>
> I have a bean that has two methods: foo(String) and foo(Object). My 
> method replacer will only replace foo(String) and in my configuration 
> I specify:
>
> <replaced-method name="fooBean" replacer="methodReplacer">
>             <arg-type>String</arg-type>
>         </replaced-method>
>
> Yet the method replacer is getting invoked whenever I invoke 
> foo(Object) is this correct or is this a bug?
>
> rob

Rod can give a qualified answer, but I think that this is probably 
happening due to the way that resolution is happening, where the 
arg-type will match any target method that can take that arg type. In 
general, it's not a great practice in your classes to overload methods 
such that one method takes a superclass of another...

Colin