AsynchronousInterceptor

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package org.jboss.seam.cron.async;

import javax.interceptor.AroundInvoke;
import javax.interceptor.Interceptor;
import javax.interceptor.InvocationContext;
import org.jboss.seam.cron.annotations.Asynchronous;

/**
 * Interceptor for asynchronous methods. Method may be directly marked as
 * @Asnychronous or may exist on a type marked as @Asynchronous.
 * 
 * @author Peter Royle
 */
@Asynchronous @Interceptor
public class AsynchronousInterceptor
{

   @AroundInvoke public Object executeAsynchronously(InvocationContext ctx) throws Exception
   {
      Thread thread = new Thread(new InvocationContextRunner(ctx));
      thread.start();
      // TODO: (PR): What to return here? A future?
      return null;
   }
}