AspectJ Cookbook
AspectJ Cookbook By Russell Miles
December 2004
Pages: 354

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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Aspect Orientation Overview

    1. A Brief History of Aspect Orientation

    2. AspectJ

    3. A Definition of Aspect Orientation

    4. Where to Go for More Information

  2. Chapter 2 Getting Started with AspectJ

    1. Introduction

    2. Installing AspectJ

    3. Developing a Simple Aspect

    4. Compiling an Aspect and Multiple Java Files

    5. Weaving Aspects into Jars

    6. Weaving Aspects at Load Time

    7. Generating Javadoc Documentation

    8. Compiling an AspectJ Project Using Eclipse

    9. Selecting the Aspects That Are Woven in a Build Within Eclipse

    10. Building an AspectJ Project Using Ant

  3. Chapter 3 Deploying AspectJ Applications

    1. Introduction

    2. Deploying a Command-Line AspectJ Application

    3. Deploying an AspectJ Application as a Fully Contained Executable JAR File

    4. Deploying a Java Servlet That Uses AspectJ

    5. Deploying a JSP That Uses AspectJ

    6. Deploying an Axis Web Service That Uses AspectJ

  4. Chapter 4 Capturing Joing Points on Methods

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing a Method Call

    3. Capturing the Parameter Values Passed on a Method Call

    4. Capturing the Target of a Method Call

    5. Capturing a Method When It Is Executing

    6. Capturing the Value of the this Reference When a Method Is Executing

  5. Chapter 5 Capturing Join Points on Exception Handling

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing When an Exception Is Caught

    3. Capturing the Thrown Exception

    4. Capturing the Object Handling the Exception

  6. Chapter 6 Capturing Join Points on Advice

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing When Advice Is Executing

    3. Excluding Join Points That Are a Result of Advice Execution

    4. Exposing the Original Join Point When Advice Is Being Advised

  7. Chapter 7 Capturing Join Points on Class Object Construction

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing a Call to a Constructor

    3. Capturing a Constructor When It Is Executing

    4. Capturing When an Object Is Initialized

    5. Capturing When an Object Is About to Be Initialized

    6. Capturing When a Class Is Initialized

  8. Chapter 8 Capturing Join Points on Attributes

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing When an Object's Attribute Is Accessed

    3. Capturing the Value of the Field Being Accessed

    4. Capturing When an Object's Field Is Modified

    5. Capturing the Value of a Field When It Is Modified

  9. Chapter 9 Capturing Join Points Within Programmatic Scope

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing All Join Points Within a Particular Class

    3. Capturing All Join Points Within a Particular Package

    4. Capturing All Join Points Within a Particular Method

  10. Chapter 10 Capturing Join Points Based on Control Flow

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing All Join Points Within a Program's Control Flow Initiated by an Initial Join Point

    3. Capturing All Join Points Within a Program's Control Flow, Excluding the Initial Join Point

  11. Chapter 11 Capturing Join Points Based on Object Type

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing When the this Reference Is a Specific Type

    3. Capturing When a Join Point's Target Object Is a Specific Type

    4. Capturing When the Arguments to a Join Point Are a Certain Number, Type, and Ordering

  12. Chapter 12 Capturing Join Points Based on a Boolean or Combined Expression

    1. Introduction

    2. Capturing When a Runtime Condition Evaluates to True on a Join Point

    3. Combining Pointcuts Using a Logical AND (&&)

    4. Combining Pointcuts Using a Logical OR (||)

    5. Capturing All Join Points NOT Specified by a Pointcut Declaration

    6. Declaring Anonymous Pointcuts

    7. Reusing Pointcuts

  13. Chapter 13 Defining Advice

    1. Introduction

    2. Accessing Class Members

    3. Accessing the Join Point Context

    4. Executing Advice Before a Join Point

    5. Executing Advice Around a Join Point

    6. Executing Advice Unconditionally After a Join Point

    7. Executing Advice Only After a Normal Return from a Join Point

    8. Executing Advice Only After an Exception Has Been Raised in a Join Point

    9. Controlling Advice Precedence

    10. Advising Aspects

  14. Chapter 14 Defining Aspect Instantiation

    1. Introduction

    2. Defining Singleton Aspects

    3. Defining an Aspect per Instance

    4. Defining an Aspect per Control Flow

  15. Chapter 15 Defining Aspect Relationships

    1. Introduction

    2. Inheriting Pointcut Definitions

    3. Implementing Abstract Pointcuts

    4. Inheriting Classes into Aspects

    5. Declaring Aspects Inside Classes

  16. Chapter 16 Enhancing Classes and the Compiler

    1. Introduction

    2. Extending an Existing Class

    3. Declaring Inheritance Between Classes

    4. Implementing Interfaces Using Aspects

    5. Declaring a Default Interface Implementation

    6. Softening Exceptions

    7. Extending Compilation

  17. Chapter 17 Implementing Creational Object-Oriented Design Patterns

    1. Introduction

    2. Implementing the Singleton Pattern

    3. Implementing the Prototype Pattern

    4. Implementing the Abstract Factory Pattern

    5. Implementing the Factory Method Pattern

    6. Implementing the Builder Pattern

  18. Chapter 18 Implementing Structural Object-Oriented Design Patterns

    1. Introduction

    2. Implementing the Composite Pattern

    3. Implementing the Flyweight Pattern

    4. Implementing the Adapter Pattern

    5. Implementing the Bridge Pattern

    6. Implementing the Decorator Pattern

    7. Implementing the Proxy Pattern

  19. Chapter 19 Implementing Behavioral Object-Oriented Design Patterns

    1. Introduction

    2. Implementing the Observer Pattern

    3. Implementing the Command Pattern

    4. Implementing the Iterator Pattern

    5. Implementing the Mediator Pattern

    6. Implementing the Chain of Responsibility Pattern

    7. Implementing the Memento Pattern

    8. Implementing the Strategy Pattern

    9. Implementing the Visitor Pattern

    10. Implementing the Template Method Pattern

    11. Implementing the State Pattern

    12. Implementing the Interpreter Pattern

  20. Chapter 20 Applying Class and Component Scale Aspects

    1. Introduction

    2. Validating Parameters Passed to a Method

    3. Overriding the Class Instantiated on a Call to a Constructor

    4. Adding Persistence to a Class

    5. Applying Mock Components to Support Unit Testing

  21. Chapter 21 Applying Application Scale Aspects

    1. Introduction

    2. Applying Aspect-Oriented Tracing

    3. Applying Aspect-Oriented Logging

    4. Applying Lazy Loading

    5. Managing Application Properties

  22. Chapter 22 Applying Enterprise Scale Aspects

    1. Introduction

    2. Applying Development Guidelines and Rules

    3. Applying Transactions

    4. Applying Resource Pooling

    5. Remoting a Class Transparently Using RMI

    6. Applying a Security Policy

  23. Chapter 23 Applying Aspect-Oriented Design Patterns

    1. Introduction

    2. Applying the Cuckoo's Egg Design Pattern

    3. Applying the Director Design Pattern

    4. Applying the Border Control Design Pattern

    5. Applying the Policy Design Pattern

  1. Appendix A The AspectJ Runtime API

    1. org.aspectj.lang

    2. Signature

    3. org.aspectj.lang.reflect

    4. The SoftException Class

    5. The NoAspectBoundException Class

  2. Colophon

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