Re: [aspectj-users] Object Graph using aspectj

[Eric Tanter <etanter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 12, 2008, at 14:58 , Andy Clement wrote:
> If you are using this()/target() to bind context, be aware that they  
> will not match in a static context (this() wont match when the join  
> point occurs within a static method for example, and there is no  
> target() if a call is to a static method).  In these cases you need  
> two sets of pointcuts, one set to handle the static case and one to  
> handle the non-static case.

Just wondering:

Why not following Java's way of dealing with the fact that classes are  
not true objects? ie. one uses null for the this object in a  
reflective static method invocation -- so this()/target() could expose  
null, no?

That would avoid this kind of ad-hoc non-uniformity. It is quite odd  
that just by exposing context, one needs to double his pointcut  
definitions.

(of course a nicer alternative would be to really pass the class  
object as being the target/this, but that may be too much to ask  
for ;)).

-- Éric