I have a question about the proper usage of the <iajc> ant task, as well as
a (possible) bug report. I'm using AspectJ 1.7.1.
In my project I have a bunch of normal Java code and one custom aspect.
I also have other pre-compiled aspects supplied in 3rd party JAR files
(e.g., Spring's @Transactional, etc.).
I'm doing compile-time weaving.
So the steps I have been following are:
1. Compile normal *.java code using <javac> into build/classes
2. Compile aspects *.aj code using <iajc> into build/classes
3. Apply aspects (both my own and 3rd party) using <iajc>
Here's the problem: <iajc> was intermittently failing to weave classes. And
each time I ran the build, it would be a different set of classes.
The classes that failed to weave would have the "this affected type is not
exposed to the weaver" warning emitted during weaving (step #3). The
classes warned (and not woven) would change each build.
Here is how ant was being used when this problem was occurring (abbreviated
for clarity):
<!-- Define iajc.classpath: where to find classes that might be seen during
iajc compile -->
<path id="iajc.classpath">
<path refid="javac.classpath"/>
<pathelement location="build/classes"/>
</path>
<!-- Define aspect.classpath: where to find pre-compiled AOP aspects -->
<path id="aspect.classpath">
<path refid="javac.classpath"/>
<pathelement location="build/classes"/>
</path>
<!-- Compile custom aspects -->
<iajc srcdir="src/java"
destDir="build/classes"
classpathRef="iajc.classpath"
source="1.6"
target="1.6"
verbose="true"
showWeaveInfo="true"
failonerror="true">
<include name="**/*.aj"/>
</iajc>
<!-- Compile-time weaving -->
<iajc inpath="build/classes"
destDir="build/classes"
classpathRef="iajc.classpath"
source="1.6"
target="1.6"
verbose="true"
showWeaveInfo="false"
failonerror="true"
aspectPathRef="aspect.classpath"/>
The way that I fixed the problem was by removing build/classes from both
iajc.classpath and aspect.classpath (see highlights).
The latter change was counter-intuitive because, after the "Compile custom
aspects" step, I thought my custom aspect would live in build/classes and
so need to be found there.
So my question is: what is the proper way to do what I'm trying to do? Must
*.java/*.class and *.aj/*.class files be kept strictly separated?
And the possible bug is: why does <iajc> randomly fail to weave classes
just because classpathRef and/or aspectPathRef has more stuff in it?
And even though the way I was doing it before may be improper usage, why is
there non-determinism in the result? That seems bad in itself.
Thanks,
-Archie
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Archie L. Cobbs
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