org.aopalliance.aop
Interface Introduction

All Superinterfaces:

AspectElement

public interface Introduction

extends AspectElement

An advice is the definition of an aspect element which is added to the base program to extend it. Is it part of an aspect implementation.

An advice can be:

• a code advice (around, before, after) that adds some code in the base program,
• a type extension advice that can introduce new method, field, supertypes,
• a metadata advice that adds metadata on any program element.

Field Summary

static int	FIELD Field introduction type.
static int	INTERFACE Interface introduction type.
static int	METHOD Method introduction type.
static int	MIXIN Mixin introduction type.
static int	SUPERCLASS Superclass introduction type.

Method Summary

ProgramUnit	getElement() Gets the introduced element.
int	getType() Gets the introduction type.

Methods inherited from interface org.aopalliance.aop.AspectElement

getPointcut

Field Detail

FIELD

public static final int FIELD

Field introduction type.

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Constant Field Values

METHOD

public static final int METHOD

Method introduction type.

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INTERFACE

public static final int INTERFACE

Interface introduction type.

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Constant Field Values

SUPERCLASS

public static final int SUPERCLASS

Superclass introduction type.

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Constant Field Values

MIXIN

public static final int MIXIN

Mixin introduction type.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Gets the introduction type.

Returns:

FIELD | METHOD | INTERFACE | SUPERCLASS | MIXIN

getElement

public ProgramUnit getElement()

Gets the introduced element.

The introduced element is a program element (a field, a method, an interface, ...)

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getType()