[aspectj-users] Pointcut general form

[James Howe <jwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to get a better understanding of the various ways that pointcuts 
can be defined, particularly when using wildcards.  I was looking at the 
Quick Reference PDF and noticed that the definition of the general form for 
pointcuts seems to be incomplete (or I'm overlooking something).  In the 
section called "Primitive Pointcuts" in the general form section, the 
following grammar is given (I'm substituting <> for italicized informatino) 
:

execution(<MethodPat>)

where

<MethodPat>: [<ModifiersPat>] <TypePat> [<TypePat> .] <IdPat>(<TypePat> , 
... ) [ throws <ThrowsPat> ]
<TypePat> :  ... type pattern definition

However, I can't find a definition for <MethodPat>, <IdPat> or <ThrowsPat>

I'm also not convinced that the grammar given is accurate.  For example, 
I've seen definitions which look like this:

execution(* *.*(..))

but I can't seem to construct that definition from the given grammar 
although perhaps what is missing is the definition of IdPat.

Is there a better document which describes the grammar used to parse 
pointcut definitions?

Thanks.

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James Howe