[aspectj-users] Faster incremental weaving

[Tahir Akhtar <tahir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I am evaluating the use of AspectJ in project that contains more than 
2500 java source files.
The project uses a complex ant build file that does a lot of different 
stuff (like creating and signing applet jars, pre-compiling jsps, jarjar 
some external libs etc).
The same build process is used by around 20 developers, QA and release 
staff.  
As a lot of people run the build process several times a day, any change 
in build process that introduces large delays will not be acceptable.

I have tried iajc ant task with "incremental" option. But the 
interactive nature of this process doesn't appear to be what I need. For 
example, when QA person receives a couple of java source files and a 
jsp, s/he needs to run the complete build process so classes are 
compiled and jsp gets copied to correct location. So waiting with an 
interactive prompt for incremental compilation won't work unless we run 
build process from two console windows simultaneously.

Our current intended use of AspectJ is simple. Something along the line 
of advising methods marked with a custom annotation.
I was wondering whether it makes sense to write a custom APT processor 
to weave only the classes that get recompiled by javac ant task?
I understand that this setup will work correctly in very limited 
scenarios but still would like to explore this option.

Any suggestions?

Regards
Tahir Akhtar