[aspectj-users] How do you introduce a method on a Java5 enum?

[Matthew Adams <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I want to add a method to all enums with the signature "String getName()".

Any ideas?

This doesn't appear to work:

public aspect GetNameEnumIntroduction {

	interface Introduced { String name(); }
	
	declare parents : (Enum+) implements Introduced;
	
	public String Introduced.getName() {
		return this.name();
	}
}

It also doesn't work if I change the type expression of declare
parents to (Enum<? extends Enum>+).

Thanks,
Matthew

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