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Ron,
the idea that I am trying to implement is to be able to track all public method executions invoked during testing. This way it will be very easy to reproduce the bugs found and actions taken by testers. Basically, I am trying to automate components testing. I want to be able to apply an aspect to a given component and give it to testing. The aspects will then track all the component method executions so that when we change the component implementation we could rerun the same tests. In other words, the aspect will be building the use test case base, which can then be used to verify that the new component implementation works at least as good as the old one.
I want to track method executions, because the aspect will be applied to the component code before it's used. In most cases I wouldn't know in which context the component will be used, therefore I can't apply the aspect to method calls.
I got it to work relatively well when no other aspects are applied to the component. I must admit AOP was a really good fit for this problem
I would appreciate any feedback.
Thanks.
Oleg
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From: aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Ron Bodkin
Sent: Fri 5/13/2005 7:52 PM
To: 'AspectJ developer discussions'
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Aha. In this case your methodA will always be running in the cflow of the
around advice from OtherAspect (as you discovered).
Could you change your pointcut to refer to calls instead of executions? It
sounds like the real reason you want to exclude advice execution is that
it's in the cflow of a top level *call*, so you don't want calls to B to
match if their in the cflow of a call to A.
You could also refactor your around advice to be before and after advice and
keep a threadlocal stack (that's what I do for monitoring, in part so I can
write around advice to ensure that exceptions in the monitor never affect
base code).
In general, I am nervous about trying to write aspects that don't apply to
other aspects categorically. I'd rather rethink the problem so I can think
in terms of not advising my own implementation. I'd be interested to better
understand what the aspect in question is trying to achieve...
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[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oleg Lebedev
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:44 PM
To: AspectJ developer discussions
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
This is a great example, Ron.
I couldn't figure out why I was getting this problem untill it struck me
that I had an around() advice. So, if you change your OtherAspect as
follows, then you wouldn't see any print outs from MonitorTarget. What I
need is to get the same output as you got before with the new OtherAspec
as follows:
aspect OtherAspect {
after() returning : call(* methodA()) {
(new Target()).methodB();
}
after() returning : execution(* methodA()) {
(new Target()).methodB();
}
/**
* Record to execute a method.
*/
Object around() : call(* Target.methodA()) {
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
try {
return proceed();
} finally {
long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("call(* Target.methodA()): "
+ (end - start) + "ms.");
}
}
}
The output is:
a
b
b
b
call(* Target.methodA()): 0ms.
I would like to see "before top level execution(void Target.methodA())
from execution(void
Target.methodA())" as the first line of the output.
Thanks.
Oleg
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[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Bodkin
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 4:23 PM
To: 'AspectJ developer discussions'
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Hi Oleg,
I'm not clear on what you are after. Here's an example program showing
the pointcut I suggested with output that seems to match your
requirements. What's different about your case?
class Target {
public void methodA() {
System.out.println("a");
methodB();
}
public void methodB() {
System.out.println("b");
}
}
aspect MonitorTarget {
public pointcut targetExec() :
execution(public * Target.*(..));
public pointcut topLevelTargetExec():
targetExec() && !cflowbelow(targetExec());
before() : topLevelTargetExec() && !cflow(adviceexecution() &&
!within(MonitorTarget)) {
System.out.println("before top level "+thisJoinPoint);
}
}
aspect OtherAspect {
after() returning : call(* methodA()) {
(new Target()).methodB();
}
after() returning : execution(* methodA()) {
(new Target()).methodB();
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
(new Target()).methodA();
}
}
C:\devel\scratch\topLevelNotAdvised>java Main
before top level execution(void Target.methodA()) from execution(void
Target.methodA())
a
b
b
b
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oleg Lebedev
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:23 AM
To: AspectJ developer discussions
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Some clarifications. In the running case, method B gets called by method
A and also by some other aspect, which is triggered right before method
A returns.
BTW, please note that if I apply only the current aspect to my code it
works fine, i.e. only method A execution is picked out. The problem only
manifests itself, i.e. execution of B gets picked out, when another
aspect invoking B is weaved in at the end of method A.
Regards.
Oleg
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[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oleg Lebedev
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 11:17 AM
To: AspectJ developer discussions
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Ron,
I tested your suggestion and wasn't doing what I wanted.
Consider the running case.
1. Method A gets called, which in turn calls method B.
2. Method B is called by some other aspect OtherAspect.
3. Both of the methods A and B are picked out by the methods() pointcut.
Desired result: pick out the entry and end points of execution of A, and
ignore any execution of B
Note that the following methods() pointcut picks out executions, not
calls! public pointcut methods() : execution(public * TargetClass.*(..))
||
The followng will pick out the original execution of A and execution of
B triggered by OtherAspect call: before () : methods () &&
!cflowbelow(methods())
The following (your suggestion) does not pick out either the original
execution of A or any execution of B: before () : methods () &&
!cflowbelow(methods()) &&
!cflow(adviceexecution() && !within(CurrentAspect))
I think picking out executions instead of calls makes this problem
tricky.
Do you have any other ideas?
Thanks.
Oleg
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From: aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Bodkin
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:26 AM
To: 'AspectJ developer discussions'
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Oleg,
I'm curious why you want to capture calls from methods but not from
adviceexecutions? Do you have inter-type declarations? Are calls from
those valid in your definition.
To pick out public calls that aren't in the control flow of
adviceexecution of other aspects you'd want
call(public * *(..)) && !cflow(adviceexecution() &&
!within(CurrentAspect))
By the way, this type of AspectJ usage questions should be posted to
aspectj-users.
-----Original Message-----
From: aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Oleg Lebedev
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 9:18 AM
To: AspectJ developer discussions
Subject: RE: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Is there a way to ignore all advice executions except for the ones
within the current aspect.
I have some external aspects calling public methods on my target class.
These method calls are picked up by my pointcut, which I don't want. I
just want to pick out only those public method calls, which are not
invoked by other aspects.
Something like:
!cflow(adviceexecution()) && within(CurrentAspect)
Thanks.
Oleg
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[mailto:aspectj-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Webster
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [aspectj-dev] Selective method calls and returns
Oleg,
Try:
after () returning : allPublic() && !cflowbelow(allPublic()) {}
Matthew Webster
AOSD Project
Java Technology Centre, MP146
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Email: Matthew Webster/UK/IBM @ IBMGB, matthew_webster@xxxxxxxxxx
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Greetings.
I am wondering if you could help me with the following interesting
problem.
I need to track executions of all public methods in a given class. Some
of the public methods call other public methods, but only the top ones
should be tracked when called. So, if methods A and B are public and A
calls B internally, then when A is called only A execution should be
tracked and B execution should not be tracked. However, if B is directly
called by some external class, then it should be tracked as well.
Suppose allPublic() pointcut describes all public method executions in
the class, then the following advice will do what I want:
before () : allPublic() && !cflowbelow(allPublic()) {}
Here is the tricky part. I also need to track when methods picked up by
this advice return. So, in the case above, if method A is called, and
then internally calls method B, I only want to know when method A
returns, and ignore the return of method B. However, if method B is
called by some external class (and therefore is picked up by the advice
above), then I need to know when B returns as well.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Oleg
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