[aspectj-users] Signature represents top-level class

["Sarah Haskins" <sarah.haskins@xxxxxxxx>]

I was hoping someone might be able to explain a) why when I call thisJoinPoint.getSignature().toLongString() I get the full method signature for the top-level parent and b) how I might instead obtain the signature of the actual instance on which the pointcut matched.

Let me provide some code in case I'm not being clear.

I have an Aspect like such...

public aspect MyAspect {
    pointcut MyImpl()
        : execution(* *(..)) && this(com.sarah.MyImpl);

    before() : MyImpl() {
        System.out.println(thisJoinPoint.getSignature().toLongString());
    }
}

And I have a top-level parent class like...

public abstract class MyParent {
    public abstract void someMethod();
    public void invoke() {
       ... do some simple stuff...
    }
}

And I have an implementation of the abstract class like...

public class MyImpl extends MyParent {
    public void someMethod() {
        // whatever
    }
}

When I run this code and call myImpl.invoke(), the Aspect prints out...
 public void com.sarah.MyParent.invoke()

Ideally I'd like to get public void com.sarah.MyImpl.invoke() instead.

Apologies if this is common knowledge, but I can't seem to find information on this anywhere.  (BTW, I'm subscribed to this email list, but I get rejected when I try to search old emails from the website.  Anyone know about that too?)

Thanks all!

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Sarah Haskins
Software Development
sarah.haskins@xxxxxxxx
Sakonnet Technology
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New York NY 10012
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