Re: [aspectj-users] newbie: wildcards in pointcuts

[Nicholas Lesiecki <ndlesiecki@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is just a guess, but should you be using the .. form?

Also, I can't tell from your example, what class is 
"multiplyByTwoService" defined on?

Cheers,
Nick
On Mar 4, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Joost de Vries wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I've got some aspectj behaviour that's completely bewildering me. All 
> the
> while it seems to me it should be very simple. Your help is greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Here goes:
> I want to intercept all service-method invocations on my sessionbeans 
> and
> insert some special handling. These service-method invocations have the
> following characteristics:
> - the argument type ends with the string 'RequestSDO'. So that's
> org.myorganization.MultiplyByTwoRequestSDO for instance.
> - the return type ends with the string 'ResponseSDO'. ->
> org.myorganization.MultiplyByTwoResponseSDO
> - the method name ends in 'Service'. I don't think that should be
> necessary but I added that to make it easier. -> multiplyByTwoService
>
> So that's the signature
> public org.myorganization.MultiplyByTwoResponseSDO
> multiplyByTwoService(org.myorganization.MultiplyByTwoRequestSDO
> theRequest);
>
> my aspect is as follows:
> public aspect TestAspect {
>
> 	pointcut serviceInvocations():call(org.myorganization.*ResponseSDO
> *.*Service(org.myorganization.*RequestSDO));
>
> 	before(): serviceInvocations(){
> 		System.out.println("*****************************");
> 	}
> }
>
>
> This does not work at all. As soon as I replace the wildcards with a
> specific classname and a specific methodname it works. But that's not 
> what
> I'm after.
>
> I'm using the aspect-plugin for eclipse v 1.1.4 in eclipse 3M4 by the 
> way.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
>
> Again: your help is greatly appreciated,
>
> Joost de Vries
> the Netherlands
>
>
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