[aspectj-dev] Extended pointcut definitions with metadata for Tiger rele

[Eric Bodden <eric@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, altogether.

I was wondering if there will be enhancements to the pointcut model in
AspectJ that allow matching against certain metadata tags. Say e.g. someone
wanted to match on all calls to methods marked with @Caching, I would like
to have the option to use something like:

call(@Caching * *.*(..))

Second question: If so, will one be able to pass attributes of those
annotations through to advice ("expose" them). E.g. if somebody declared
@Caching(STRATEGY_1), I would like to be able to expose STRATEGY_1 as usual.

Is such an extended model being planned or even specified already?

Thanks,
Eric

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