Re: [aspectj-users] Is it possible to use .aj files from a jar

[Andy Clement <andrew.clement@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

2010/5/12 Konstantin Boudnik <cos@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Actually, I do have the jar file with compiled class of FooBarAspect in the
> classpath of iajc when I weave the upstream projects. Doesn't help apparently.
> That's why I've been jumping around with the actual source.

You need it on the aspectpath.  AspectJ hunts for aspects in
files/jars on the aspectpath, it does not hunt through files/jars on
the classpath.

cheers,
Andy

>
> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:00AM, Andrew Eisenberg wrote:
>> Is there a reason why you are not adding the jar that contains
>> FooBarAspect onto your Aspect Path?  That should be sufficient for
>> compilation/weaving purposes.  I am not sure why you require the
>> source code for this.  The Aspect class file should be all that is
>> required.
>>
>> 2010/5/12 Konstantin Boudnik <cos@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hello fellow AJ'ers.
>> >
>> > I believe the answer to my question is firm no, but want to double check and
>> > see if someone has a better solution.
>> >
>> > I have a project which split in a few components. One is a shared and a couple
>> > more are based on it i.e. upstream. I have some classes in all upstream
>> > components which I modify with AspectJ in the following manner:
>> > ═- declare an additional parent (an interface FooBar) for these classes
>> > ═- inject an extra functionality to all classes of type FooBar (by FooBarAspect)
>> >
>> > Now, in order to weave upstream to classes of type FooBar I need FooBarAspect
>> > to be present at the compilation time. Which means that I need either:
>> > ═- dup the file
>> > ═- have a source dependency to the shared component
>> > ═- pull the shared component's source artifact in the build time/unpack/use
>> >
>> > Now, first two options are ugly and pretty much unacceptable (for different
>> > reasons, though). The last is feasible although still non-elegant. Hence my
>> > question: can iajc use a source code directly from a jar file or it is
>> > imperative to unpack it first? From what I can see 'inpath' won't help. Any
>> > other options I might be unaware of?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any ideas/hints you might be willing to share.
>> > ═Cos
>> >
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