Advice weaving in AspectJ

This paper describes the implementation of advice weaving in AspectJ. The AspectJ language picks out dynamic join points in a program's execution with pointcuts and uses advice to change the behavior at those join points. The core task of AspectJ's advice weaver is to statically transform a program so that at runtime it will behave according to the AspectJ language semantics. This

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: AOSD
• Authors: Erik Hilsdale, Jim Hugunin
• Keywords: AOSD 2004, AspectJ Language, AspectJ Language Semantics, AspectJ's Advice Weaver, Software Engineering