RE: [aspectj-users] Class file too big after aspect weaving

["Lawrence Lee" <larryleecomb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for everyone who has responded.

> > increase depends on how big your aspect code is, how small your original 
> > classes are and how many join points are found within your original code.

My aspect code is relatively small but as I am capturing all calls, the 
aspect weaved code is getting bloated.

> > not sure about the usefulness of such an aspect in production code

It is only intended as a development aspect, not as a production aspect.

> > Another thing to consider is advising executions instead of calls

I want to use the trace to know the sequence of calls with the calling 
object info. So I need to capture calls instead of executions.

Finally, has anyone really tried something like this?

Larry.

> From: "Ron Bodkin" <rbodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [aspectj-users] Class file too big after aspect weaving
> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:15:49 -0800
>
> Hi Lawrence,
>
> Another thing to consider is advising executions instead of calls, at least
> excluding calls into your own packages. If you just want to trace methods,
> it's a lot more efficient to do it once at method execution than everywhere
> the method is called.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aspectj-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:aspectj-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lawrence Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:33 AM
> To: aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [aspectj-users] Class file too big after aspect weaving
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a pointcut that captures all calls in my application and in the
> advice, those method names and parameter names are logged to a file.
>
> When the above aspect is weaved into my application, the class file sizes
> have increased 10 times in some cases. I am not sure how such a bloated ear
> files affects the application server. I am afraid that I might get
> OutOfMemoryError and haven't tried it on our server yet.
>
> I am not worried about the performance issues. It is ok if the application
> runs slow as long as I don't get OutOfMemoryError. Just wondering if anyone
> on this list has tried anything like this and if so, I would like to know
> their experiences.
>
> Larry.
>
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