gradle-master/subprojects/base-services-groovy/src/main/java/org/gradle/api/internal/coerce/MethodArgumentsTransformer.java
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package org.gradle.api.internal.coerce;

import org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedClass;

/**
 * Potentially transforms arguments to call a method with.
 */
public interface MethodArgumentsTransformer {

    /**
     * Transforms an argument list to call a method with.
     *
     * May return {@code args} if no transform is necessary.
     */
    Object[] transform(CachedClass[] types, Object[] args);

    /*
     * Returns Whether the transformer can transform
     * these arguments at all.
     */
    boolean canTransform(Object[] args);

}
