[aspectj-users] @DeclareParents and "this"

[Brian Ericson <bme@xxxxxxxx>]

I have an @Aspect (PersistentAspect) that defines an interface 
(Persistent), a static class that implements the interface 
(PersistentImpl), and an @DeclareParents (that advises @Entity 
objects).  The interface has a method called save() that is implemented 
as follows:
  public void save() { operations.save(this); }

operations is the HibernateOperations (from Spring) which wraps the 
Hibernate save() method.  Calls to entity.save() fail because the "this" 
object passed to operations.save() is a PersistentEntity.PersistentImpl 
*not* my entity object itself.  If I call, instead, 
operations.save(entity) manually, everything works as expected.

How can I force "this" to be the object itself?  Using the .aj style, 
this works with the same interface and a similar implementation (the .aj 
style appears to correctly interpret "this"):
  public void Persistent.save() { operations.save(this); }

Is it possible to make "this" work?