[aosd-discuss] Flow control in aspectJ and wave control

[Fabiano Ricci]

HI,

I've solved my problems. The Java Reflection property is the key to 
solve all my problems.

best regards

Fabiano Ricci ha scritto:
> Hi all,
>
> I have another question, please. I have a Java application and some 
> aspects (defined in AspectJ). The aspects serve to monitor the Java 
> program. One aspect is responsible to take an input from user keyboard 
> and pass it to another aspect that implement a filter on what I must 
> trace. With simple aspect monitor and target program I don't have any 
> problem because the weaving between aspects and target program is task 
> of AJDT. Now I need an idea to have a flow control on my aspect (when 
> I need to run the target program and when my aspect): first I need to 
> run one particular aspect and than the target program with another 
> aspect that catches the executions in the program. The problem is more 
> complicated because the target program is a black-box application, so 
> I cannot modify it. Anyone have any ideas?
>
> An Example: (Catch all the execution in program target)
>
> First I need to obtain what package I must trace
> ---------
> public aspect GetTrace {
>    ..
>    pointcut Scope(): !within(nuovo..*);          ..
>    pointcut mainPoint(): Scope() && call (public static void 
> main(String[]));
>    ..
>    before() : mainPoint() {
>        ..
>        String INPUT = readMyInput();
>        ..
>    }
> }
> ---------
> and than I need to run target program and wave it with the follow aspect
> ---------
> public aspect DynamicTrace {
>    ..
>    pointcut Scope(): !within(nuovo..*);          ..
>    pointcut profile(): Scope() && call(* INPUT.*(..));
>    ..
>    Object around(): profile() {
>        ..
>        logTargetProgram();
>        ..
>    }
> }
>
> Target Program:
> ..
> public static void main(String[] args) {            doSomething();
>        ....
> }
> ..
> ---------
>
> What are the best method to pass a variable between two aspect? Can I 
> control the flow of all my aspects and target program?
> How can I execute GetTrace and than launch the target program with 
> DynamicTrace aspect ( modified with result from GetTrace)? Is Ant 
> suitable for this purpose?
>
> sorry for the length  of this message and thank you in  advance for 
> replies...
>
> best regards
>


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