ACAspect.h

/*
* Copyright (c) 2006 Jacob Burkhart (JacobBurkhart@gmail.com)
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <AspectCocoa/ACPointCut.h>

@interface ACAspect : NSObject {
    id pointCut;
    id advice;
    BOOL loaded;
    id (*getSignature)(id, SEL, SEL);
}

+(id)aspectWithPointCut: (id)pc andAdviceObject: (id)adv;

/* 
    Initialize this ACAspect object with a pointcut and an advice object
*/
-(id)initWithPointCut: (id)pc andAdviceObject: (id)adv;

/* 
    Load the aspect, apply it's advice to it's point cut
*/
-(void)load;

/* 
    Unload the aspect, unapply it's advice from it's point cut
*/
-(void)unload;

/* 
    returns whether or not this aspect is currently loaded
*/
-(BOOL)isLoaded;

/*
*
*  Private Methods
*  these are either methods you shouldn't call at all
*  or methods that will eventually be made public, but aren't ready yet
*  so their actual functionality may change...
*
*/
-(void)loadGenOnly;
-(void)loadActually: (BOOL)actuallyLoad;

@end