Re: [aspectj-users] Dynamically modifying Java class structure

["Eric Bodden" <eric.bodden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Hendrik. What do you mean by "dynamically"? Do you mean "at
runtime"? If so, that's impossible to do...

Eric

On 16/10/2007, Hendrik Gani <s2116865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure whether the mailing list is an appropriate place to ask
> the following questions, but I could not find the relevant newsgroup for
> aspectj users (only found AJDT newsgroup),
>
> I am trying to develop a solution to automatically insert new
> constructors to existing classes. I've considered using AspectJ to do
> it, however as far as I know it will only work if the name of the class
> to be modified was known beforehand (has to be hardcoded in the aspect),
> which is not applicable in my case.
>
> So, could anyone please give me some suggestions or recommendations on
> this? Especially in terms of the following:
> - Is Aspectj the best tool to do this? If so, how to do it without
> hardcoding class names?
> - Should I look at bytecode reengineering/manipulation tools instead? If
> so, what's the most suitable library for my case (since I am aware that
> there are a lot of choices out there when it comes to bytecode
> manipulation)?
>
> Thanks a lot for any helps, suggestions, and ideas.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hendrik
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Eric Bodden
Sable Research Group
McGill University, Montréal, Canada