I'm having problems with the "translation" of the following inter-type declaration to the new @AspectJ notation:
private String FigureElement.enclosingGroup = null;
I'm working with the following hierarchy:
interface FigureElement
class Group implements FigureElement
I've declared the following interface:
public interface FigureEnclosingGroup {
String getFigureEnclosingGroup();
void setFigureEnclosingGroup(String enclosingGroup);
}
I've also defined a simple implementation class FigureEnclosingGroupImpl.
The @DeclareParents code I'm using is:
@DeclareParents(value="FigureElement", defaultImpl=FigureEnclosingGroupImpl.class)
private FigureEnclosingGroup figureEnclosingGroup;
However, when I cast a Group element to FigureElement and try to access the getFigureEnclosingGroup() method, I get the following exception:
java.lang.AbstractMethodError: Group.getFigureEnclosingGroup()Lfigures/Group
That is, the method is not found.
HOWEVER, if in the @DeclareParents' value attribute I use "FigureElement+" (notice the plus sign), everything runs without errors (and well)...
Is this the normal behaviour? In the first @DeclareParents was I just stating that the implementation would affect only the interface and not the classes that implement it!? Must I use the plus sign with @DeclareMixin as well?
Thanks.
