Wow, THANK YOU for pulling them together :-) On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Andy Clement <andrew.clem...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm afraid that effectively the up to date documentation is the > developers notebook plus the accumulated readmes since it was created. > I know that isn't great but we just don't find the time to keep the > docs up to date. However, given that there wasn't really anything in > Java6 and honestly there isn't a whole lot in Java7, there aren't many > fundamental changes to the syntax of the AspectJ language. The > changes have been mainly around performance/memory/etc. But let me > try and pull it together for you: > > DevelopersNotebook - discusses everything in AspectJ 1.5 > > Big work items and language changes since then: > > - pipeline compilation - drastically reduces memory required when > compiling large projects > > - pertypewithin - added getWithinTypeName() special method for this > instantiation model > > - parameter annotation matching - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-160.html > > - annotation value matching - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-160.html > > - huge weaver refactoring - removed 25% of the classes in the weaver. > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-161.html > > - annotation value binding optimization - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-161.html > > - incremental compiler improvements under the IDE - much more analysis > done to reduce the need to fallback to full builds > > - refactoring to split out matching from weaving - new 'matcher' jar > for environments that don't need weaving > > - multi-project incremental build times greatly improved - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-164.html > > - optimizing support for maintaining per join point state - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-164.html > > - @DeclareMixin - better variant for declare parents for annotation > style aspects - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-164.html > > - matching algorithms rewritten - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-167.html - much > faster matching and much less memory used. > > - optimized generated code for annotation binding - much faster. > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-167.html > > - declare annotation supporting compound type patterns - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html > > - intertype declaration of member types - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html > > - 'overweaving' - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html. For > improved performance when weaving code that has previously already > been woven. > > - aspect scoping - (in LTW can limit applicability of aspects) - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html > > - type category type patterns - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html - > is(ClassType), is(InterfaceType), etc. > > - message inserts for declare error/warning - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html > e.g. declare warning: execution(* A.m(..)): "joinpoint is {joinpoint}"; > > - aspectJ snapshots now in a maven repo - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-169.html > > - annotation removal syntax - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-1611.html > e.g. declare @field: int Foo.i: -@Anno; > > - added our own optimized xml parser for aop.xml > > - annotation value matching supports != - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-1612.html > e.g. get(@Anno(someValue!=2) * *) > > - can create aspects entirely in XML, no need for a pre-existing > abstract aspect - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-1612.html > > - 'thisAspectInstance' added - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-1612.html > > - synthetic is supported in pointcut modifiers - > http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/README-1612.html > > cheers, > Andy > > On 8 January 2012 13:56, agks mehx <agksm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Developer's Notebook seems to be from 2005, and I can't imagine there > > have been no significant changes in 6 years. > > > > What is the authoritative source of documentation / reference for > AspectJ? > > I am starting afresh on a greenfield project so I want to start with > recent > > features (the upcoming Java 7 release) rather than old ways of > specifiying > > aspects. > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > aspectj-users mailing list > > aspectj-users@eclipse.org > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users > > > _______________________________________________ > aspectj-users mailing list > aspectj-users@eclipse.org > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >
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