Hi Piers, you can define pointcuts in normal java classes, and then use it from aspects outside that class, as long as they are public or of a suitable access type (like, package protected and the aspect in the same package). You can also define an aspect as an inner class, so that the code is in a single place.
Hope this helps, Simone Piers wrote: > Hi > > I am a total newbie to AspectJ, so apologies in advance if this > question is stupid. > > Quick question - Is either of the above possible and how? > > If more explanation is required then read on - > > I want to create an aspect for unit testing that can be used to > replace method call return values with mock objects. I can do this > already but I have to define the mocks, pointcuts and advice in an > aspect and define separate pointcuts and advice for each object I want > to replace. The downside is that looking at the test function it is > not clear what is going on and I am defining a lot of around advice > which essentially all does the same thing -(return a mock for a given > pointcut). I was thinking that maybe it would be possible to make a > method call within the test class, having for parameters a list of > mock objects and a list of pointcuts, which is intercepted by an > aspect that exposes the pointcuts and objects and can then use around > advice on the specified pointcuts to replace the return values of > those calls with the mock objects. > > Or I would like to define an aspect within my test class so that it > can have access to all the mock objects used. > > Thanks > > Piers > > > _______________________________________________ > aspectj-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users -- Simone Gianni Semeru s.r.l. Apache Committer http://www.simonegianni.it/ _______________________________________________ aspectj-users mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users
