Re: [aspectj-users] [aspectj-dev] Using aspect to pass a metadata as a p

["Ashiwan.S." <sivakumarash007@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ron,

Thanks a lot for the immediate reply. It was really helpful. I wasn't
aware of ASM or BCEL. I shall look into the frameworks and try to use
them if they solve my problem.

Thanks,
Ashiwan

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Ron DiFrango
<rdifrango@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ashiwan,
>
> Why not use something like ASM, BCEL, or Javaassist?  Those tools already support what you are after.
>
> Ron DiFrango
> Director / Architect | CapTech
> (804) 855-9196
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 23, 2012, at 2:30 PM, "Ashiwan.S." <sivakumarash007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This email is in continuation with the below thread. I understand that
>> there is no feature in aspectj to change the signature of existing
>> methods to add an extra parameter, without actually modifying the
>> application source code. I am wondering what it would take to
>> implement such a feature in aspectj. The feature can be used to add
>> arguments to existing methods/functions in applications without
>> modifying the source code. Since aspectj is open source, I hope
>> implementing the feature is possible. I would be very much happy to
>> implement it in aspectj so that I could use it for my research and
>> contribute to aspectj community. Highly appreciate if someone could
>> tell me if they see any issues/road blocks in implementing this
>> feature in Aspectj.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ashiwan
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Ashiwan.S. <sivakumarash007@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thank you so much for the reply.
>>> I guess I would have to modify the bytecode and xml specification for
>>> the data (since the application has been written to use SOAP). If
>>> that's the case, then I wonder if aspectj can help me at all in
>>> modularizing this work.
>>>
>>> I am thinking of doing something as below using aspectj.
>>>
>>> 1. Write a client side aspect which has a nested static class inside
>>> it. The class implements a remote method. The remote method will save
>>> the extra data in the object every time the data is available from the
>>> HTTP request.
>>> 2. Write a server side aspect such that , before the actual EJB call,
>>> make a remote method call to get the data and then proceed further
>>> with the actual call.,
>>>
>>> I understand that there is an extra overhead in making RMI call for
>>> every request received from the Front-end to the Business logic.
>>> But I am wondering if this will even work and can be done using aspectj.
>>> It would be great if someone can tell me if this can be done using
>>> aspectj . If yes, will it solve my problem. Highly appreciate any
>>> help.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ashiwan
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Ashiwan
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> -Ashiwan
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-Ashiwan