[aspectj-users] problems running in jboss only: aop concrete aspect exte

["Buck, Robert" <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am having a problem when deploying aspects having abstract
base-classes into jboss

Here is a pair of use cases that I run into problems with...
 
An abstract aspect is referenced in an aop.xml file:

	<concrete-aspect name="$com.sun.ebank.DukesBank$Aspect"
extends="com.verisign.aspectj.j2ee.tutorial.ebank.SimpleAspect">
	  <pointcut name="scope" expression="execution(*
com.sun.ebank..*.*(..)) || execution(*.new(..))"/>
	</concrete-aspect>

And SimpleAspect itself extends an abstract base class that provides
utility functions which @Before and @After methods use.

	@Aspect
	public abstract class SimpleAspect extends
AnOrdinaryAbstractBaseClass {
	 
	    @Pointcut
	    public abstract void scope();
	 
	    @Before("scope()")
	    public void before(JoinPoint jp) {
	        super.before(jp);
	        System.out.println("before: " +
jp.getStaticPart().getSignature().getDeclaringTypeName());
	    }
	 
	    @After("scope()")
	    public void after(JoinPoint jp) {
	        super.after(jp);
	        System.out.println("after: " +
jp.getStaticPart().getSignature().getDeclaringTypeName());
	    }
	}

Case 1 (works):

Run "junit" code that triggers the aspect to be run; you get the
expected "before/after" output.
 
Case 2 (works):

Run the DukesBank demo application within jboss, which triggers the
aspect. The aspect and the aop.xml file is located inside a jar placed
in the jboss/server/default/lib directory. You get exceptions being
thrown from:

    public static DukesBank$Aspect aspectOf()
    {
        if(ajc$perSingletonInstance == null)
            throw new
NoAspectBoundException("$com.sun.ebank.DukesBank$Aspect",
ajc$initFailureCause);
        else
            return ajc$perSingletonInstance;
    }
 
Case 3 (fails) :

Change the aspect slightly... Remove the "extends Base" and comment out
the "super.*(jp)" calls. Rerun jboss, and it works properly.