> > For example I'd like to be able to select integer subtraction: > > > > Integer i = 5; > > Integer j = 2; > > Integer r = i - j; > > > > Maybe if Java supported operator overloading that would be fairly easy. > > > > 1. So is something like this possible now? I'm pretty sure it is not. > > You are right, it is not possible. > > > 2. Would this be possible to implement? How? Effort? > > 3. Is something like this planned for future AspectJ versions? > > I cannot speak for the developers, but I do not think you will ever see this > feature in AspectJ. > > > > > Regards
I'm not sure I see why not. Please consider the following example: public aspect StringConcat { public pointcut concat() : call(* java.lang.StringBuffer.append(..)); before() : concat() { System.out.println("About to concatenate!"); } } public class Tester { public static void main(String[] args) { String a = "a"; String b = "b"; System.out.println(a + b); } } When main() is executed the result is: ======================= About to concatenate! ab ======================= So we actually have a real example where the + operator is overloaded and the resulting code is directly in the client byte code. Now I'm not too familiar with the Java byte code spec but I don't see why the same cannot be done for e.g. Integer or event the primitive types? Thank you. MP _______________________________________________ aspectj-users mailing list aspectj-users@eclipse.org https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users