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Spring AOP is the Spring Framework's version of AOP, implemented in pure Java and using the @AspectJ annotations from the AspectJ project. Spring AOP works through dynamic JDK or CGLib Proxies.

Spring AOP is explained in the

Spring 3.0.x Online Reference > 7. Aspect Oriented Programming with Spring

Note that there is an increasing tendency to replace Spring AOP with static AspectJ compilation. This Approach is explained in Section: 7.8 Using AspectJ with Spring applications

AspectJ in Action is an excellent reference for both Spring AOP and AspectJ

The pre-3.0 XML-based Spring AOP approach is explained in Appendix B. Classic Spring AOP Usage

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Spring - @Transactional - What happens in background?

I want to know what actually happens when you annotate a method with @Transactional? Of course, I know that Spring will wrap that method in a Transaction. But, I have the following doubts: I heard that Spring creates a proxy class? Can someone…
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Spring @Transaction method call by the method within the same class, does not work?

I am new to Spring Transaction. Something that I found really odd, probably I did understand this properly. I wanted to have a transactional around method level and I have a caller method within the same class and it seems like it does not like…
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Spring AOP vs AspectJ

I am under the impression that Spring AOP is best used for application specific tasks such as security, logging, transactions, etc. as it uses custom Java5 annotations as a framework. However, AspectJ seems to be more friendly design-patterns wise.…
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@AspectJ pointcut for all methods of a class with specific annotation

I want to monitor all public methods of all Classes with specified annotation (say @Monitor) (note: Annotation is at class level). What could be a possible pointcut for this? Note: I am using @AspectJ style Spring AOP.
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How to get a method's annotation value from a ProceedingJoinPoint?

I have below annotation. MyAnnotation.java @Target(ElementType.METHOD) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) public @interface MyAnnotation { } SomeAspect.java public class SomeAspect{ @Around("execution(public * *(..)) &&…
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Spring AOP: What's the difference between JoinPoint and PointCut?

I'm learning Aspect Oriented Programming concepts and Spring AOP. I'm failing to understand the difference between a Pointcut and a Joinpoint - both of them seem to be the same for me. A Pointcut is where you apply your advice and a Joinpoint is…
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Spring AOP not working for method call inside another method

There are two methods defined in ABC.java public void method1(){ ......... method2(); ........... } public void method2(){ ............... ............... } I want to have AOP on call of method2.So, I created one…
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Getting the java.lang.reflect.Method from a ProceedingJoinPoint?

The question is short and simple: Is there a way to get the Method object from an apsectj ProceedingJoinPoint? Currently I am doing Class[] parameterTypes = new Class[joinPoint.getArgs().length]; Object[] args = joinPoint.getArgs(); for(int i=0;…
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Performance impact of using aop

We have started to use spring aop for cross cutting aspects of our application (security & caching at the moment). My manager worries about the performance impact of this technology although he fully understands the benefits. My question, did you…
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annotation equivalent of

I am moving from an xml config to annoations. i want to convert a session scoped bean that is can this be done with annotations, and if not, what can i do to still keep that declaration working? edit: I am interested in doing…
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How to enable with java-based annotations

I am trying to set up Spring AOP without any XML. I'd like to enable in a class which is annotated with @Configuration. This is the way it would be defined in an XML-file:
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Spring autowired bean for @Aspect aspect is null

I have the following spring configuration:
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Spring AOP - why do i need aspectjweaver?

i wrote a very simple Aspect with Spring AOP. It works, but i have some problems understanding what is really going on. I don't understand why i have to add the aspectjweaver.jar? The Spring-AOP documentation clearly states that i don't need aspectj…
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Spring autowiring using @Configurable

I'm playing with the idea of using Spring @Configurable and @Autowire to inject DAOs into domain objects so that they do not need direct knowledge of the persistence layer. I'm trying to follow…
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Using a request scoped bean outside of an actual web request

I have a web application that has a Spring Integration logic running with it in a separated thread. The problem is that at some point my Spring Integration logic tries to use a request scoped bean and then i get the following errors: Caused by:…
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