[aspectj-users] Hack to get around NoSuchMethodError aspectOf exception

["Tatta, Sunder" <statta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In response to an earlier post à  [aspectj-users] NoSuchMethod aspectOf exception using LTW.

 

I have an aspect class which kept constantly failing with the above NoSuchMethodError. To get around it,

I just added the method it was unable to find. See below

@Aspect

Class XYZ

{

 

@Around("execution(* foo.bar(..))")

   public Object applyAround(ProceedingJoinPoint jp)

   throws Throwable

{

// some code

 

}

// added this method and things were back to normal

public static XYZ aspectOf()

   {

      return  new XYZ();

   }

// tried this but the method took for ever to return and finally the application ran out of memory

/*

 public static XYZ aspectOf()

   {

      return Aspects.aspectOf(XYZ.class);

   }

*/

 

}

 

Not sure if there is a better long term fix (like a setting in aop.xml). I don’t want to add this method for every aspect I’m writing nor do I want to use “compile time weaving (ajc)” for the aspects. Can anyone provide a better solution?

Please Note:

When Mr. Andrew Clement fixed the issue below, he released a Dev version (please refer to the comments in the bug report - 1.6.4 Dev) which was working perfectly. None of the later versions out there seem to work without the hack.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=279298