[ews.eclipse.technology.aspectj] Re: AspectJ: around() advice for setNam

[Aaron Digulla <digulla@xxxxxxxx>]

Andy Clement wrote:

> The execution() pointcut designator takes a *declared* signature.  You
> have no method declared in B called setName().  Change the pointcut to:
> 
> pointcut setter (B b): execution(public void setName(*)) &&
>   target (b);

Ok, that's better but now, both advices are applied to B. How can I
limit the advice for A to only A without the subclasses?

Regards,

>> Hello,
>>
>> I have two classes:
>>
>> class A {
>>  private String name;
>>  public void setName (String name) { this.name = name; }
>> }
>>
>> class B extends A;
>>
>> I want to create an advice which allows me to "fix" the name before it
>> is passed into setName() by calling a method validateName() (this is
>> defined in the advice).
>>
>> This works.
>>
>> Now, I want to create a second advice which does the same with a
>> *different* validateName() method for B.
>>
>> I tried
>>
>>     pointcut setter (B b): execution(public void B.setName(*)) &&
>> target (b);
>>     
>>     void around(B obj, String newValue) :
>>         setter (obj) && args (newValue) { ... }
>>
>> but the around advice is not applied to anything. What's wrong?
>>
>> Regards,
>>


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