Re: [aspectj-users] Stand-alone advice?

[Andy Clement <andrew.clement@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

In here:

http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/next/devguide/ltw-configuration.html

take a look at the use of 'concrete-aspect'

cheers,
Andy

On 21 September 2011 11:27, Amina & Asad Jawahar <room7hostel4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Andy. Having our users compile aspects would be acceptable. I think it might be best to provide abstract aspects that users can provide concrete implementations of (basically the pointcut). This would allow them to use the framework advices with their own pointcuts.
>
> You mentioned that something like this is already doable in XML, can you point me to an example of that?
>
> -Asad
>
> --- On Wed, 9/21/11, Andy Clement <andrew.clement@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Andy Clement <andrew.clement@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [aspectj-users] Stand-alone advice?
>> To: aspectj-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 10:58 AM
>> Hi Asad,
>>
>> I touched on this in the other thread that was talking
>> about named
>> signature patterns a day or so ago.  Currently you
>> can't do this, but
>> it wouldn't be too hard to add support for wiring aspects
>> up in XML.
>> You can already define concrete aspects in XML, which
>> concretize
>> abstract aspects (by filling in abstract pointcuts), but
>> you can't
>> build them from scratch by defining a pointcut and naming a
>> Java
>> method.
>>
>> The best you could do right now is allow the users to
>> define pointcuts
>> and very simply advice bodies that called your framework
>> advices.
>>
>> class Framework {
>>   static void advice1(JoinPoint.StaticPart jpsp) {
>>      System.out.println(jpsp);
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> then the user just has to write something small
>>
>> aspect X {
>>   before(): execution(* *(..)) {
>> Framework.advice1(thisJoinPointStaticPart); }
>> }
>>
>> I guess it depends on whether you want them writing aspects
>> (and so
>> compiling them), or you want them to express that in some
>> other form
>> (like XML)?
>>
>> cheers
>> Andy
>>
>> On 20 September 2011 14:04, Amina & Asad Jawahar <room7hostel4@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > I am new to AspectJ and considering to use it for a
>> framework that I am developing. I want to provide some
>> advices as part of the framework that users of my framework
>> should be able to use with their own pointcuts. I see that
>> in Spring AOP this is doable because you can reference
>> advices and pointcuts to compose arbitrary aspects (at least
>> from the examples it looks like it) but I could not find a
>> way in AspectJ. Is there a way to just provide an advice in
>> AspectJ and let someone else construct an Aspect using it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Asad
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