http://www.aspectj.org: The AspectJ weaver introduces advices to java classes
  • Andy Clement 
Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
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Contributors:
initial implementation              Alexandre Vasseur

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 * Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
 * All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution and is available at
 * http://eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 * initial implementation              Alexandre Vasseur
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.aspectj.lang.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;


Pointcut declaration

Author:Alexandre Vasseur
/**
 * Pointcut declaration
 *
 * @author Alexandre Vasseur
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Pointcut {

    
Returns:the pointcut expression
We allow "" as default for abstract pointcut
/**
     * @return the pointcut expression
     * We allow "" as default for abstract pointcut
     */
    String value() default "";
    
    
When compiling without debug info, or when interpreting pointcuts at runtime,
the names of any arguments used in the pointcut are not available.
Under these circumstances only, it is necessary to provide the arg names in 
the annotation - these MUST duplicate the names used in the annotated method.
Format is a simple comma-separated list.

Returns:argNames the argument names (should match those in the annotated method)
/**
     * When compiling without debug info, or when interpreting pointcuts at runtime,
     * the names of any arguments used in the pointcut are not available.
     * Under these circumstances only, it is necessary to provide the arg names in 
     * the annotation - these MUST duplicate the names used in the annotated method.
     * Format is a simple comma-separated list.
     * 
     * @return argNames the argument names (should match those in the annotated method)
     */
    String argNames() default "";
}