[aspectj-users] abstract and concrete aspect in different packages

[Thomas Baustert <aop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
If have the following directory structure:
src\aj\util\
- LoggingAspect.aj
src\aj\example1\
- Client.java
- Server.java
- ServerCallLoggingAspect1.aj
src\aj\example2\
- SetGetjava
- Test.java
- SetGetLoggingAspect.aj

LoggingAspect is an abstract aspect:
package aj.util;
public abstract aspect LoggingAspect {
   abstract pointcut logEvents();
   ...
}
I create utilaj.jar with: ajc -sourceroots src\aj\util -outjar utilaj.jar 
and utilaj.jar contains aj\util\LoggingAspect.class.
I want to use it in the following concrete aspects:
package aj.example1;
import aj.util.LoggingAspect;
public aspect ServerCallLoggingAspect1 extends LoggingAspect {
   pointcut logEvents() : call(* Client.call()) || call(* 
Server.getData(..));
}
I use utilaj.jar with: ajc -sourceroots src\aj\example1 -aspectpath 
utilaj.jar and get the error:
"ServerCallLoggingAspect.aj:5 inherited abstract pointcut 
aj.util.LoggingAspect.logEvents() is not made concrete in 
aj.example1.ServerCallLoggingAspect."
If I rename aj.util.LoggingAspect to aj.example1.LoggingAspect, remove the 
import statement in ServerCallLoggingAspect and create and use utilaj.jar
again, it works. But then I can'treuse the abstract aspect for aj.example2
two.
So I remove every package name in LoggingAspect, ServerCallLoggingAspect 
and SetGetLoggingAspect. But then I have to import aj.example1.Client and 
aj.example1.Server etc. or specify the full qualified class name at the 
pointcut logEvents().
Because of that it makes no real sense to me to put an aspect in the same 
directory with the java files the aspect should be woven in. All aspects
could also be located  in one directory (e.g. ajfiles) or whereever you
want.
So the question is, is the above error a bug, or what is the reason for 
that? Or would it makes no sense to structure aspects like (or with)
java classes.
Thanx.


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Thomas
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