[aspectj-users] Call pointcut and inhteritance

[Henrique Rebêlo <hemr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Consider the following simple hierarchy:

class A { public void m() {} }
class B extends A { public void m() {} }
class C extends B { public void m() }

along with the simple call pointcut

pointcut callMeth() : call (public void A.m());

The call pointcut callMeth() will match any call to A.m() but it includes all m's calls in subtypes of A.

The question is: Is there a straightforward solution to avoid matches in subtypes of A (and without using any special variable such as thisJoinPointStaticPart)?

I know that we can explicitly eliminate all descendants of A:

pointcut callMeth() : call (public void A.m()) &&
                             !call (public void B.m()) && 
                             !call (public void C.m()) ;

but, Is there another way?


Kind Regards,
Henrique


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Henrique Rebelo
http://www.cin.ufpe.br/~hemr
Informatics Center, UFPE, Brazil