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package org.springframework.aop;

import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;

/**
 * Subinterface of AOP Alliance MethodInterceptor that allows additional interfaces
 * to be implemented by the interceptor, and available via a proxy using that
 * interceptor. This is a fundamental AOP concept called <b>introduction</b>.
 *
 * <p>Introductions are often <b>mixins</b>, enabling the building of composite
 * objects that can achieve many of the goals of multiple inheritance in Java.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @see DynamicIntroductionAdvice
 */
public interface IntroductionInterceptor extends MethodInterceptor, DynamicIntroductionAdvice {

}
