[aspectj-users] parameterized generic abstract aspect in annotation styl

[Arata Yamamoto <artymt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear group,

I would like to know whether the AspectJ's annotation style supports defining parameterized generic abstract aspect.

According to the AspectJ 5 Developer's Notebook (http://eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/next/adk15notebook/generics-inAspectJ5.html#generic-aspects), the AspectJ 5 seems to support the parameterized generic abstract aspect, but that Notebook does not mention whether the AspectJ's  annotation style also supports it.

I like to clarify it because I encountered the following IllegalStateException exception during test execution (with LTW):

[AppClassLoader@1d869b2] warning register definition failed -- (IllegalStateException) Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)
Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)

AspectJ version: 1.7.4

Snippets of Aspect classes:

@Aspect
public abstract class AbstractSwapperAspect<O extends Object> {
    ...
    public abstract O getReplacement();
        // Returned object by above getReplacement will be used in advice method(s)
    ...
}

@Aspect
public class EjbContainerMateFieldAspect extends AbstractSwapperAspect<EjbContainerMate> {
    ...
    private EjbContainerMate ejbContainerMate = Mockito.mock( EjbContainerMate.class);
        @Override
        public EjbContainerMate getReplacement() {
            return ejbContainerMate;
        }
    ...
}

Stacktraces:

[AppClassLoader@1d869b2] warning register definition failed -- (IllegalStateException) Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)
Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Can't ask to parameterize a member of non-generic type: com.newmainsoftech.injection.AbstractSwapperAspect  kind(raw)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedMemberImpl.parameterizedWith(ResolvedMemberImpl.java:759)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedMemberImpl.parameterizedWith(ResolvedMemberImpl.java:742)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ReferenceType.getDeclaredMethods(ReferenceType.java:778)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredAdvice(ResolvedType.java:972)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.getDeclaredShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:1012)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectShadowMungers(ResolvedType.java:843)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType.collectCrosscuttingMembers(ResolvedType.java:770)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:86)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.CrosscuttingMembersSet.addOrReplaceAspect(CrosscuttingMembersSet.java:70)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.bcel.BcelWeaver.addLibraryAspect(BcelWeaver.java:202)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerAspects(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:485)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.registerDefinitions(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:304)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.initialize(ClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.java:171)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.Aj$ExplicitlyInitializedClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.initialize(Aj.java:339)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.Aj$ExplicitlyInitializedClassLoaderWeavingAdaptor.getWeavingAdaptor(Aj.java:344)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.Aj$WeaverContainer.getWeaver(Aj.java:318)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.Aj.preProcess(Aj.java:113)
    at org.aspectj.weaver.loadtime.ClassPreProcessorAgentAdapter.transform(ClassPreProcessorAgentAdapter.java:54)
    at sun.instrument.TransformerManager.transform(TransformerManager.java:188)
    at sun.instrument.InstrumentationImpl.transform(InstrumentationImpl.java:424)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:791)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)

Regards,

Art