So, What you think Andy? Is there a chance to implement this feature? On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Henrique Rebêlo <h...@cin.ufpe.br> wrote:
> Hi Andy, > > Thanks for answering! That's good see the support for the classical > syntax... but the @annotation style need to be updated... I'm not talking > about if pointcuts. See bellow: > > public interface I { > @Pointcut("execution( * *(..))") > public static void pc(){} > > } > > We both know that interfaces now support static methods and we also know > that the above pointcut (which does not include an if pointcut) is valid if > declared within a class, but it's forbidden within an interface... the > compiler says the following: > > "pointcuts can only be declared in a class or an aspect" > > cheers > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Andy Clement <andrew.clem...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Well, we do already support pointcut declarations in interfaces: >> >> interface I { >> pointcut p(): execution(* main(..)); >> } >> >> aspect X { >> before(): I.p() { >> System.out.println(">>"); >> } >> } >> >> public class Code { >> public static void main(String[] argv) { >> } >> } >> >> But I suppose if you especially mean annotation style pointcuts in >> interfaces (as in your example if() pointcut). We certainly could improve >> the story here. >> >> cheers, >> Andy >> >> On Jun 12, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Henrique Rebêlo <h...@cin.ufpe.br> wrote: >> >> Hi Andy and all, >> >> I was wondering that now AspectJ should support pointcut declarations in >> interfaces. New features in Java 8 include static method declarations or >> default method declarations in an interface. Hence, I believe to make the >> AspectJ language more orthogonal and symmetric, we should consider to have >> pointcut declarations in aspects, classes and also interfaces. >> >> I think that one design decision that is forbidding pointcuts on >> interfaces is that before we couldn't write methods with bodies in >> interfaces, thus avoiding the use of the main design (specially in @AspectJ >> where we need method bodies for If pointcuts)... >> >> What you think? This is just an advice (not AspectJ advice :-) to make >> the AspectJ sync with Java. >> >> -- >> >> ............................................................................................................................... >> Henrique Rebelo >> http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~hemr >> Informatics Center, UFPE, Brazil >> _______________________________________________ >> aspectj-users mailing list >> aspectj-users@eclipse.org >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> aspectj-users mailing list >> aspectj-users@eclipse.org >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >> > > > > -- > > ............................................................................................................................... > Henrique Rebelo > http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~hemr > Informatics Center, UFPE, Brazil > -- ............................................................................................................................... Henrique Rebelo http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~hemr Informatics Center, UFPE, Brazil
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