[aspectj-users] Mixing post-compile and load-time weaving

[Mick Jordan <Mick.Jordan@xxxxxxx>]

I have a large application to which I am applying aspects using 
post-compile weaving. The application generates some new classes at 
run-time and loads them with its own class loader directly from a 
bytcode array. I would also like to apply the same aspects to these 
classes. I'm not entirely sure how to do this. I have used the -outxml 
file to generate an aop.xml file but it seems very basic, e.g.,

<aspectj>
<aspects>
<aspect name="MyAspect"/>
</aspects>
</aspectj>

The documentation on load-time weaving isn't clear on what happens if 
you mix post-compile weaved classes and load-time weaving. My hope would 
be that the load-time weaver could avoid reweaving the already woven 
classes but the flexibility that appears to available in aop.xml 
suggests that this might be difficult. Ideally I would like the aop.xml 
file to restrict load-time weaving to just the new classes that are 
generated at runtime. Assuming that I can identify them with a 
package/classname pattern perhaps the <weaver> tag can be used to 
achieve this? I'd appreciate any clarification on my understanding of this.

Thanks
Mick Jordan