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Re: [aspectj-users] Setting values for Annotations fields in runtime

Hello,

	I just want to say thanks. It really seems to work for what I intended with 
it.

	Best regards,

		Paulo Zenida

Em Quarta, 4 de Janeiro de 2006 15:59, o Dean Wampler escreveu:
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> In this particular example, it seems like you don't really need to
> change the annotation value itself. You just need to make sure you use
> either it's declared "permission" value or an override you read
> elsewhere. You could look for an updated value in the advice every time
> or cache it somehow.<br>
> <br>
> For example, use an intertype declaration to insert an int field in the
> class annotated with MyAnnotation. Store the "mutable" value there
> instead:<br>
> <br>
> public aspect CaptureAnnotationValueAspect {<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public static interface MyAnnoInterface {<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public int getPermission();<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private int MyAnnoInterface.permission;<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public int&nbsp; MyAnnoInterface.getPermission() {
> return permission; }<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void
> MyAnnoInterface.setPermission(int p) { permission = p; }<br> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; declare parents: (@MyAnnotation *) implements
> MyAnnoInterface;<br> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private int count = 0;<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void around(MyAnnotation myAnnotation, MyAnnoInterface
> myAnnoInterface):<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; execution(*
> com.aspectprogramming.aspects.experiments.annos.*.*(..)) <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&amp;
> @annotation(myAnnotation) &amp;&amp; target(myAnnoInterface) {<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> myAnnoInterface.setPermission(myAnnotation.permission() + count);<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; count++;<br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("Permission =
> "+myAnnoInterface.getPermission()+" in
> "+thisJoinPointStaticPart.toShortString());<br>
> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; proceed(myAnnotation,
> myAnnoInterface);<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>
> }<br>
> <br>
> I declared an interface and used ITD to add it to any class that is
> annotated with MyAnnotation (which means that this example will only
> work if the annotation is on both the class and the method!). I also
> added a default permission field and accessor methods to the
> interface. (You could just make the new
> permission field public and skip the accessors....)<br>
> <br>
> Note that you can't do something like <br>
> <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; private MyAnnotation.mutablePermission;<br>
> <br>
> because this would attempt to inject the value on the annotation class
> itself, not the target class.<br>
> <br>
> In the advice, I set the interface's permission value to the
> annotation's value, then for demonstration purposes, I added an
> incrementing count. Finally, the "println" statement uses the
> interface's permission, not the annotation's value.<br>
> <br>
> If you change the test driver to call "a.foo()" several times, you'll
> see that the permission value counts up from -1.<br>
> <br>
> Refinements would include moving the "MyAnnoInterface.setPermission()"
> call into advice on the constructor, since it only needs to happen
> once.<br> <br>
> Hope this helps.<br>
> dean<br>
> <br>
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> <blockquote cite="mid43BBC645.6000505@xxxxxxxxx" type="cite">#: Paulo
> Alexandre Corigo Zenida changed the world a bit at a time by saying
> on&nbsp; 1/4/2006 2:46 PM :#
>   <br>
>   <blockquote type="cite">Hello,
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm new to Annotations and I have previously
> searched for examples and tried some tests but I didn't achieve my goals,
> so I was wondering if someone could tell me: is it possible to change a
> value of an
> Annotation "field"?
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I was trying to create an Annotation that would
> tell me the access level required for a method to be executed, and I would
> like to set that access level by using properties declared in a properties
> file. To do so, I would like to change the default value for the Annotation
> in runtime. Is this possible?
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The source code would be something like this:
>     <br>
>     <br>
> My Annotation:
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.lang.annotation.Target;
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@Target( { ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public @interface MyAnnotation {
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; int permission() default -1;
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
>     <br>
>     <br>
> Next, there's the class:
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.io.IOException;
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;import java.util.Properties;
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@MyAnnotation(id = 3)
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public class A {
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; @MyAnnotation
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public void foo() {
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; public static void main(String
> args[]) { <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A a =
> new A(); <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a.foo();
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
>     <br>
>     <br>
> And finally, here is the aspect:
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public aspect CaptureAnnotationValueAspect {
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; void around(MyAnnotation
> myAnnotation): <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> execution(* *.*(..)) &amp;&amp; @annotation(myAnnotation) { <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> System.out.println(myAnnotation.id()); <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; // How
> can I change the value for the Annotation, if possible?
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> proceed(myAnnotation); <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}
>     <br>
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks in advance. Best regards,
>     <br>
>     <br>
> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paulo Zenida
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> afaik they are read-only (and I think i see a technical reason in this:
> they are written in the bytecode, so if changing the value, you should
> modify the bytecode).
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