In Java it is possible to create dynamic proxies using an implementation of InvocationHandler
. Despite JVM optimizations, using reflection will always have some overhead invoking a method.
To try to solve this problem, I tried to use ByteBuddy to create the proxy classes at runtime, but the documentation didn't seem clear enough on this aspect.
How do I create a MethodCallProxy
in order to forward a method invocation to some class instance?
Edit:
To better clarify my problem, I am providing an example of what I want to achieve:
I am building an RPC system. On each side of a method invocation, I have an interface defining the contract (when both caller/callee are running under the JVM).
@Contract
interface ISomeService {
fun someMethod(arg0: String, arg1: SomePojo): PojoResult
}
At the call site, I inject a proxy that intercepts all method calls and forwards them to the callee.
ByteBuddy()
.subclass(Any::class.java)
.implement(serviceClass)
// Service contract method delegation
.method(isDeclaredBy(serviceClass)).intercept(
MethodDelegation
.to(ServiceProxyInterceptor())
.filter(not(isDeclaredBy(Any::class.java)))
)
.make()
.load(this)
.loaded as Class<T>
And, finally, at the callee, I have several handlers, one for each service method, responsible for unmarshalling the invocation parameters and forwarding them to the service implementation.
@Service
class SomeServiceImpl {
fun someMethod(arg0: String, arg1: SomePojo): PojoResult {
// ...
}
}
I could solve this problem using code generation, but the resulting jar
file can become very big. Thus, I want to create a generic version of these handlers and, in each instance, attach a proxy that intercepts every method call to ISomeService
and forwards them to SomeServiceImpl
.