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Re: [aspectj-users] binary weaving and class dependency transitive closure

Is this in the FAQ or docs somewhere?  The radio silence is deafening.

,Adam

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 12:00, Adam Welch wrote:
> I am a new user, so please forgive any mis-phrasings.  I am trying to
> use ajc to weave some aspects using -aspectpath and -inpath.  I have a
> conceptual question.  From googling, I saw this posted.
> 
> http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/aspectj-dev/msg00999.html
> 
> >From which I snipped...
> 
>         It is possible to use "within(my.class)",
>         "within(my.package..*)" or
>         "!within(exclude.pakage)" to scope a binary weave. However this technique
>         does not work if a class has a hierarchy dependency e.g. superclass on a
>         type that is not on the classpath You get a "can't find type ..." error. It
>         is not uncommon for applications to contain classes that cannot be resolved
>         due to external dependencies that were available during compile but not
>         during execution e.g. secure socket factories on AXIS (these can be
>         excluded as they have softer dependencies). AspectJ cannot binary weave
>         some of these applications. The question is:
>         1. Does the compiler need to resolve the class just to exclude it or is
>         this a bug?
>         
> My question relates to this - I understand this to mean that all class
> dependencies must be present and supplied to ajc via one switch or
> another.  So, as the OP (snippet) states, this would seemingly present
> some problems for class factory situations, if not all concrete classes
> were deployed.  In effect, most (all?) concrete classes would need to be
> deployed.  Question is - is this true?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> ,Adam Welch
> 
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