[aspectj-dev] Enhancement request about PointcutDoctor

["Linton Ye" <ye.linton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

 

PointcutDoctor (http://pointcutdoctor.cs.ubc.ca)
is a natual extension of AJDT that helps developers write correct
pointcuts.  It shows *almost matched* join points for a pointcut, and
explains *why* a pointcut doesn't match (or does match) a given join
point.   The prototype tool was demostrated at AOSD 2007,and many

people showed interest in it.

 

To make PointcutDoctor more accessible to developers, we have to

enable it to run on top of an unmodified AspectJ weaver,

 

I have created an enhancement request for this regard:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=193065

This request proposes to improve the extensibility

of AspectJ weaver by applying minor changes.  The resulting

weaver won't have any performance drop if the extension (i.e. PointcutDoctor)

is not installed.

 

I would really appreciate your comments and I would be really happy to

implement those changes and would be thrilled to see PointcutDoctor

being put in real use!

 

Thanks,

Linton