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Spring AOP - Aspect Oriented Programming

AOP Concepts

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm that allows you to separate cross-cutting concerns (like logging, security, transactions) from your business logic. Instead of scattering the same code across many classes, you define it once in an Aspect.

TermDescription
AspectA class containing cross-cutting logic (annotated with @Aspect)
AdviceThe action taken at a join point (@Before, @After, @Around, etc.)
Join PointA point in program execution (method call, exception throw)
PointcutAn expression that matches join points (which methods to intercept)
WeavingLinking aspects with application objects (Spring does this at runtime)
Logging Aspect with All Advice Types
package com.example.aspect;

import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.*;
import org.aspectj.lang.*;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Aspect
@Component
public class LoggingAspect {

    // Pointcut: matches all methods in service package
    @Pointcut("execution(* com.example.service.*.*(..))")
    public void serviceLayer() {}

    // @Before: runs BEFORE the method
    @Before("serviceLayer()")
    public void logBefore(JoinPoint joinPoint) {
        System.out.println("[BEFORE] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName()
                + " called with args: " + java.util.Arrays.toString(joinPoint.getArgs()));
    }

    // @After: runs AFTER the method (regardless of outcome)
    @After("serviceLayer()")
    public void logAfter(JoinPoint joinPoint) {
        System.out.println("[AFTER] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName() + " completed");
    }

    // @AfterReturning: runs after successful return
    @AfterReturning(pointcut = "serviceLayer()", returning = "result")
    public void logAfterReturning(JoinPoint joinPoint, Object result) {
        System.out.println("[AFTER_RETURNING] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName()
                + " returned: " + result);
    }

    // @AfterThrowing: runs when method throws exception
    @AfterThrowing(pointcut = "serviceLayer()", throwing = "ex")
    public void logAfterThrowing(JoinPoint joinPoint, Exception ex) {
        System.err.println("[AFTER_THROWING] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName()
                + " threw: " + ex.getMessage());
    }

    // @Around: wraps the method - most powerful advice
    @Around("execution(* com.example.service.*.*(..)) && @annotation(com.example.annotation.Timed)")
    public Object measureTime(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint) throws Throwable {
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        try {
            Object result = joinPoint.proceed(); // Execute the actual method
            long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
            System.out.println("[TIMED] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName()
                    + " took " + duration + "ms");
            return result;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("[TIMED] " + joinPoint.getSignature().getName()
                    + " failed after " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) + "ms");
            throw e;
        }
    }
}

Pointcut Expressions

Pointcut Expression Examples
@Aspect
@Component
public class PointcutExamples {

    // All methods in UserService
    @Pointcut("execution(* com.example.service.UserService.*(..))")
    public void userServiceMethods() {}

    // All public methods in any class
    @Pointcut("execution(public * *(..))")
    public void publicMethods() {}

    // Methods starting with "get"
    @Pointcut("execution(* com.example..get*(..))")
    public void getterMethods() {}

    // Methods with @Transactional annotation
    @Pointcut("@annotation(org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional)")
    public void transactionalMethods() {}

    // All beans in service package
    @Pointcut("within(com.example.service.*)")
    public void servicePackage() {}

    // Combine pointcuts
    @Pointcut("servicePackage() && publicMethods()")
    public void publicServiceMethods() {}

    // Use combined pointcut
    @Before("publicServiceMethods()")
    public void logPublicServiceCall(JoinPoint jp) {
        System.out.println("Calling: " + jp.getSignature());
    }

    // Transaction aspect example
    @Around("@annotation(com.example.annotation.RequiresTransaction)")
    public Object manageTransaction(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable {
        System.out.println("Starting transaction...");
        try {
            Object result = pjp.proceed();
            System.out.println("Committing transaction...");
            return result;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Rolling back transaction...");
            throw e;
        }
    }
}

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