Re: [aspectj-users] Removing functionality with AspectJ?

["Rob Austin" <austirob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, that was super quick! thanks, I'll look into it

On 05/11/2007, Bora Erbas <bora.erbas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

An around advice which does not call proceed() would to it.

On 11/5/07, Rob Austin < austirob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm completely new to AspectJ and was wondering if there is anyway to cause
> a method to be "skipped" with AspectJ.
>
> Apologies if the question sounds silly, but I am using AspectJ to monitor
> what is going on in an object for security purposes.
>
> If certain conditions have been met, a rule engine implemented in a before
> advice determines that the code in that method should be skipped. Naturally,
> for this to be in anyway feasible, the method in question would need not to
> return anything, something like
>
> public void action()
>
> I guess I need something like a  decorator pattern that removes
> functionality rather than adds it. The only way I can currently think do to
> this is to use my aspect to change the value of a boolean variable in the
> target method which causes the code to exit without doing anything.
>
> Really appreciate your help
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
>
>
>
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