How to exclude methods from aspectj

Question

I'm trying to exclude several methods from log files using aspectj (Im usong spring and Load-time weaving). Is there a way to list the excluded methods in the aop.xml? I know i can do this for full classes but I'm looking for specific methods. or can i make a list in the aspect class? Thanks

Answer 1

I don't know how to do it in an XML, but it's easy enough to do it in the aspects themselves, as pointcuts can be combined using boolean operators.

Traditional aspectj syntax:

pointcut whatIDontWantToMatch() : within(SomeClass+) || execution(* @SomeAnnotation *.*(..));
pointcut whatIWantToMatch()     : execution(* some.pattern.here.*(..));
pointcut allIWantToMatch()      : whatIWantToMatch() && ! whatIDontWantToMatch();

@AspectJ syntax:

@Pointcut("within(SomeClass+) || execution(* @SomeAnnotation *.*(..))")
public void whatIDontWantToMatch(){}
@Pointcut("execution(* some.pattern.here.*(..))")
public void whatIWantToMatch(){}
@Pointcut("whatIWantToMatch() && ! whatIDontWantToMatch()")
public void allIWantToMatch(){}

These are of course just samples. whatIDontWantToMatch() could also be composed of several pointcuts etc.