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

[Phil Quitslund <pq@xxxxxxxxxx>]

doh!

Dead on, Matt.

Thanks!


-phil




Matt Chapman wrote:
> 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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