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Re: [aspectj-users] One target for intertype declarations 
Hi Matthew,


No. A reference to the aspect is held in the target object (introduced by
the compiler rather like an ITD) so the aspect will automatically be
garbage collected at the same time as the object.
That's interesting. So, is there any actual difference between using an ITD instead of pertarget? Is the reference put into all objects matching the pertarget pointcut, or just into objects for which an aspect is created? 

Cheers,

Dave


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David Pearce <david.pearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>@eclipse.org on 11/11/2004
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Hi all,

I would just like to confirm something regarding the elimination of
"multi-intertype declarations".  Basically, I want to add a field to
every object instance.  So, perviously, I could have just used something
like:

aspect A {
         public int *.theField = 0;
}

But, since AspectJ 1.1 this syntax is no more.  So, now my question.  Is
the pertarget specifier supposed to be used instead of the above now?  I
realise that the README-11.html indicates pertype should be used for
static field member introduction (if it existed, that is), so I figure
the reasoning is the same.

Also, how is pertarget actually implemented?  Does it involve some kind
of hashmap lookup or not?  If not, then what?

Any help would be appreciated!

David J. Pearce
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