Re: AspectJ modify property field content or add and/or change method body in a runtime instance

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne@vajhoej.dk>
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Date:
Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:59:35 -0400
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Jimmy wrote:

It is possible to access data member of a Java class with pointcut,
but I need to do a field assignment or even hijack/override the method
with a custom implement with AspectJ. Can someone refer me to some
sample code URL and/or tutorial for doing so?


Yes.

Demo:

public class Foobar
{
     private int v;
     public int getV() {
         return v;
     }
     public void setV(int v) {
         this.v = v;
     }
     public void test() {
         System.out.println("test: v=" + v);
         v++;
         System.out.println("test: v=" + v);
     }
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         Foobar o = new Foobar();
         o.setV(7);
         System.out.println("main: v=" + o.getV());
         o.test();
         System.out.println("main: v=" + o.getV());
     }
}

import java.lang.reflect.*;

import org.aspectj.lang.*;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.*;

@Aspect
public class Fun {
     @Pointcut("call(public void Foobar.test())")
     public void foobarTest() { };
     @Before("foobarTest()")
     public void before(JoinPoint tjp) {
         // increment v
         Foobar o = (Foobar)tjp.getTarget();
         o.setV(o.getV() + 1);
     }
     @Around(value = "foobarTest()")
     public Object around(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) {
         // call twice instead of once
         pjp.proceed();
         pjp.proceed();
         return null;
     }
     @AfterReturning("foobarTest()")
     public void after(JoinPoint tjp) {
         // increment v
         Foobar o = (Foobar)tjp.getTarget();
         o.setV(o.getV() + 1);
     }
}

C:\>javac Foobar.java

C:\>java Foobar
main: v=7
test: v=7
test: v=8
main: v=8

C:\>ajc -source 1.5 Foobar.java Fun.aj

C:\>java Foobar
main: v=7
test: v=8
test: v=9
test: v=9
test: v=10
main: v=11

Arne

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