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aspectj : how to compile only required files using [message #1074024]

Fri, 26 July 2013 00:23

Milan Shrestha

Messages: 5
Registered: July 2013

Junior Member

Hi,
I am new to AspectJ. I am working on a legacy web project which has hundreds of file. I have written an aspect to capture the query call. So, I require to weave only DAO class. Is there any way I can instruct the aspectj compiler to only weave the required files.
For example, i want have the dao weave under different dao pakes as below:
com.xyx.p1.dao
com.xyz.p2.dao
com.zzz.p3.dao

So is there any way that i can write the expression so that asjpectj compiler would weave only the files within the package ending with *.dao

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Re: aspectj : how to compile only required files using [message #1074059 is a reply to message #1074024]

Fri, 26 July 2013 02:34

Andrew Eisenberg

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You should use the within pointcut for this:

pointcut targetPackages() : within(com.xyx.p1.dao..*.*) || 
        within(com.xyx.p2.dao..*.*) || <etc...>;

And then use this pointcut with your other advice to ensure that the compiler scopes the target of other advice properly. Kind of like this:

before() : targetPackages() && <someotherpointcuts> {
  // do sumpin
}

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Re: aspectj : how to compile only required files using [message #1074309 is a reply to message #1074059]

Fri, 26 July 2013 13:26

Milan Shrestha

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Registered: July 2013

Junior Member

Thanks Andrew for the reply. But I want to do something as below:
Match the package Starting with say "com.xyz" and followed by anything and then ending with "dao". Can I write expression for such case in the pointcut.

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Re: aspectj : how to compile only required files using [message #1074361 is a reply to message #1074309]

Fri, 26 July 2013 15:12

Andrew Eisenberg

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Registered: July 2009

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True, the pointcut could be simplified like this

ointcut targetPackages() : within(com..*.dao..*.*);

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Re: aspectj : how to compile only required files using [message #1074455 is a reply to message #1074361]

Fri, 26 July 2013 20:57

Milan Shrestha

Messages: 5
Registered: July 2013

Junior Member

Hi,
I tried with that and it works. But even with this AspectJ compiler tries to weave all the classes present in the src directory. Is there any way I can specify compiler to weave only the required packages and skip trying to weave others.

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