[aspectj-users] Introduce static members into several classes at once?

[Martin Schafföner <the.shapht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This time it's not a compiler bug, but a plain old user question.

I'm currently investigating how useful AspectJ is in converting/extending a
legacy code basis. I'm trying to roll out new logging mechanisms with
minimal code changes, especially to avoid boiler-plate code.

What I want to do is to inject static members into a multitude of classes
selected by a type pattern. Basically I want to have a marker annotation
@MakeLoggable, and all types on which this annotation is declared should get
a private static member. I dream of something like this:

public @interface MakeLoggable {}

Public aspect AutoLogging {
  Private static Logger (@MakeLoggable *).LOGGER /* = init code */;
}

This doesn't compile, it seems I can only declare the LOGGER member on one
type exactly, not on several at once. And I cannot find from the
documentation how I can express my wish in valid AspectJ code :-)

Is it possible at all, and if so, how?

Martin