[aspectj-users] Why is this call also matched?

[Sunny <sunfire001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Today I got a chance to try the solution provided by Adrian on Mar. 24. This solution worked fine. Then I changed it a little bit to monitor all calls with such patterns. Here I am listing the code and aspect.

public class A
{
    B b = new B();
    public static void call1(B b)
    {
        C c = new C();
        c.call2(b);
    }
 
    public void call2()
    {
     call1(b);
    }
}

public class C
{
 public void call3(B b)
 {
  b.changeField();
 }

 public static void main(String[] args)
 {
  A a1 = new A();
  a1.call2();   
 }
}

pointcut staticCalledFromInstance(Object caller) :
     call(static * *.*(..)) && this(caller); 

pointcut calledFromWithinStaticInCflowOfInstance(Object caller) :
  call(* *.* (..)) && cflow(staticCalledFromInstance(caller));
 
before(Object caller) : calledFromWithinStaticInCflowOfInstance(caller)
{ 
 System.out.println(caller.getClass().getName());
}

What confuses me is that the call a1.call2() in main is also advised by the pointcut calledFromWithinStaticInCflowOfInstance (there is an advice marker next to this statement). I did not expect this call to be advised since it is not in the control flow of call1(b);
which is matched by staticCalledFromInstance pointcut. Could someone explain why this is the case?

Thank you very much!

Sunny