[aspectj-users] making methods throw exceptions

[Anish Das Sarma <anish.dassarma@xxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,

(I have enrolled to the list a couple of days ago so I don't know if 
this subject has already been brought up in the past...)

We have been experimenting with aspects for the last couple of weeks and 
we were wondering if we can have an aspect that would change the 
signature of a method (of a class or an interface) and make it throw an 
exception; something like this:

public class/interface Test {
   // before
   public void compute() {}

   // after
   public void compute() throws MyException {}
}

(Of course, around advices should be specified for all calls to 
"compute" in order to add try and catch blocks...)

If this is not allowed, can anyone suggest possible workarounds?

Thanks in advance.
Anish.