[aspectj-users] Newbie question - How to capture/reset final/private/pro

["Sabha" <sabha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

    I am trying to use Aspectj to enable/turn on set of debug flags that
might possibly be non-public (private/protected) while some of them are also
final. I was able to capture the static initializations; But I dont how to
set the final variables nor able to access/reset the private variables.


    pointcut setClassLevelFlags() : staticinitialization( *.*) &&
!cflow(adviceexecution()) && within(test1.*);

    before() : setClassLevelFlags() {

        System.out.println("\tGoing to set the class level variables  ...
");
    }

    after() : setClassLevelFlags() {

        //test1.Test1 tt = (Test1) thisJoinPoint.getTarget();
        System.out.println("\t\tAfter setting the class level variable
inside staticInitializationBlock");

        try {

        Object tt = thisJoinPoint.getTarget(); ====> This does not work as
the object is not there
							     ====> this works if an already constructed class...

        Class cc = tt.getClass();

        Field ff = cc.getField("classLevelDebug");
        System.out.println("\t\tAfter setting the classLevelDebug variable
inside staticInitializationBlock, the classLevelDebug is ... " +
ff.getBoolean(tt));

        ff.setBoolean(tt, true);
        System.out.println("\t\tAfter resetting the classLevelDebug variable
, the classLevelDebug is ... " + ff.getBoolean(tt));

        //tt.classLevelDebug = true;
        //System.out.println("\t\tAfter resetting the debug variable inside
staticInitializationBlock, the debug is ... " + classLevelDebug);
        } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception thrown on
accessing .. classLevelDebug field");
        e.printStackTrace(); }
    }

The test code has something like following with either package or private
scope:

public class Test1 {
    String aa = "dummy";
    boolean debug = false;
    static boolean classLevelDebug = false;
    ...
}

Thanks in advance,
Sabha