[ews.eclipse.technology.aspectj] AspectJ + Annotations + Inner Classes

[Sebastian <nospam_st@xxxxxxx>]

hi,

I'm the developer of the http://oval.sourceforge.net AspectJ based 
object validation package. My library is an annotation based design by 
contract implementation. You can for example do something like this:

@Validatable
public class MyClass
{
	public setSomething(@NotNull String value)
	{
	}
}

An AspectJ aspect is used to advise the parameterized methods of classes 
annoted with @Validatable. The aspect checks if constraints are applied 
to the method parameters and ensures they are satisfied.

I just realized that with my current aspect also the methods of inner 
classes are advised, even if they do not have the @Validatable 
annotation. Any ideas how I have to change my aspect to avoid this?

Here is a short form of my aspect:

public abstract aspect ValidationAspect
{

pointcut validatableClasses(): within(@Validatable *);

pointcut constructorsWithParameterConstraints(): execution(new(*,..));

pointcut methodsWithParameterConstraints() : execution(* *.*(*,..));

/**
 * constructor parameters validation
 */
@SuppressAjWarnings("adviceDidNotMatch")
Object around(): validatableClasses() && 
constructorsWithParameterConstraints()
{
	// do stuff here
}

/**
 * method parameters validation
 */
@SuppressAjWarnings("adviceDidNotMatch")
Object around(): validatableClasses() && methodsWithParameterConstraints()
{
	// do stuff here
}

}

Any help is appreciated.

Sebastian