Re: [aspectj-users] Using AspectJ in an Eclipse Application?

[Matt Chapman <mpchapman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,

I think the problem is with your pointcut - if your SampleAction class
is in a package called say "myplugin.actions", this will not be
matched by "*.SampleAction", because "*" matches zero or more
characters characters except for ".". Therefore to match
"myplugin.actions.SampleAction" you could do "*.*.SampleAction", or
"*..SampleAction" to match regardless of package hierarchy. You could
also just use an absolute type name of "SampleAction", with an import
from the appropriate package. As soon as your pointcut starts matching
something, an advice marker should appear in the left hand edge of the
editor.

Regards,

Matt.

On 16/08/05, Phil Quitslund <pq@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First, I should apologize for what's probably a _really_ stupid question (or at
> least one that's been answered countless times before).
> 
> Anyway, if I haven't lost you yet here goes:
> 
> Suppose I'm trying to use AspectJ in the context of a simple HelloWorld plugin
> (you know: the one that adds a button to your toolbar that runs a sample action
> that opens an Info message).  My aspect does something imaginative like print
> something to the console when the sample action fires:
> 
> public aspect Test {
>         before(): execution(public void *.SampleAction.run(..)) {
>                 System.err.println("got it!");
>         }
> }
> 
> But no dice.
> 
> Obvious question, probably, but what's the trick?  I've fussed with various
> aspectj project options but haven't stumbled across the right thing.
> 
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> 
> 
> -phil
> 
> 
> Incidentally, I'm using Eclipse 3.1 (Build id: I20050627-1435)
> 
> and as for AspectJ, I've tried:
> 
> Version: 1.3.0
> Build id: 20050812155128
> AspectJ version: 1.5.0M2
> 
> and
> 
> Version: 1.3.0
> Build id: 20050815121712
> AspectJ version: 1.5.0M2
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