org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation

Interface AspectJAdvisorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory, ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory

public interface AspectJAdvisorFactory

Interface for factories that can create Spring AOP Advisors from classes annotated with AspectJ annotation syntax.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

AspectMetadata, AjTypeSystem

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Advice	getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod, AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName) Build a Spring AOP Advice for the given AspectJ advice method.
Advisor	getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName) Build a Spring AOP Advisor for the given AspectJ advice method.
List<Advisor>	getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif) Build Spring AOP Advisors for all annotated At-AspectJ methods on the specified aspect instance.
boolean	isAspect(Class<?> clazz) Determine whether or not the given class is an aspect, as reported by AspectJ's AjTypeSystem.
void	validate(Class<?> aspectClass) Is the given class a valid AspectJ aspect class?

Method Detail

isAspect

boolean isAspect(Class<?> clazz)

Determine whether or not the given class is an aspect, as reported by AspectJ's AjTypeSystem.

Will simply return false if the supposed aspect is invalid (such as an extension of a concrete aspect class). Will return true for some aspects that Spring AOP cannot process, such as those with unsupported instantiation models. Use the validate(java.lang.Class<?>) method to handle these cases if necessary.

Parameters:

clazz - the supposed annotation-style AspectJ class

Returns:

whether or not this class is recognized by AspectJ as an aspect class

validate

void validate(Class<?> aspectClass)
       throws AopConfigException

Is the given class a valid AspectJ aspect class?

Parameters:

aspectClass - the supposed AspectJ annotation-style class to validate

Throws:

AopConfigException - if the class is an invalid aspect (which can never be legal)

NotAnAtAspectException - if the class is not an aspect at all (which may or may not be legal, depending on the context)

getAdvisors

List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif)

Build Spring AOP Advisors for all annotated At-AspectJ methods on the specified aspect instance.

Parameters:

aif - the aspect instance factory (not the aspect instance itself in order to avoid eager instantiation)

Returns:

a list of advisors for this class

getAdvisor

Advisor getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod,
                   MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif,
                   int declarationOrderInAspect,
                   String aspectName)

Build a Spring AOP Advisor for the given AspectJ advice method.

Parameters:

candidateAdviceMethod - the candidate advice method

aif - the aspect instance factory

declarationOrderInAspect - the declaration order within the aspect

aspectName - the name of the aspect

Returns:

null if the method is not an AspectJ advice method or if it is a pointcut that will be used by other advice but will not create a Spring advice in its own right

getAdvice

Advice getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod,
                 AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut,
                 MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif,
                 int declarationOrderInAspect,
                 String aspectName)

Build a Spring AOP Advice for the given AspectJ advice method.

Parameters:

candidateAdviceMethod - the candidate advice method

pointcut - the corresponding AspectJ expression pointcut

aif - the aspect instance factory

declarationOrderInAspect - the declaration order within the aspect

aspectName - the name of the aspect

Returns:

null if the method is not an AspectJ advice method or if it is a pointcut that will be used by other advice but will not create a Spring advice in its own right

See Also:

AspectJAroundAdvice, AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice, AspectJAfterAdvice, AspectJAfterReturningAdvice, AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice