[aspectj-users] Usage of pointcut

[Mikael Petterson <mikaelpetterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have the following aspect:

public aspect DeprecatedMethodsAspect  {

       

    private  Collector collector = new DeprecatedMethodsListener();

   

    //Only allow a default constructor with no args.

    //Pointcuts to match joinpoint.

    pointcut deprecated() :

        !within(com.mylibrary.aspects.*) && @annotation(java.lang.Deprecated) && (call(public * *(..)) || call(*.new(..)));

    pointcut beta() :

        @annotation(com.google.common.annotations.Beta);

    pointcut deprecatedMethods() :

        deprecated() && !beta();

       

    before() : deprecatedMethods() {

        collector.collect(thisJoinPoint);

    }

}

I want to be able to select only packages in the application running with this aspect. So I want to have a default pointcut that is used by most users but with the possibility to override it.

I was thinking of defining abstract pointcuts ( then aspect needs to be abstract as well) like:

protected abstract pointcut excludedPackages();

protected abstract pointcut includedPackages();

Then I can define them in the aop.xml

But what is the best way to provide a default value/values ( if multiple packages).

br,

//mikael