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Colonel Mustard
Colonel Mustard

Reputation: 1533

Aspectj @Before works but @Pointcut does not

I have a simple example of an aspectj implementation in a spring boot app and I'm trying to get each different method working.

If I use the following

  @Before("execution(* com.example.test.controllers.ProductController.deleteProduct(..))")
  public void specificInterception() {
    System.out.println("pointcut interception working");
  }

This works fine, and I can see a console output of the println

However, if I use 

  @Pointcut("execution(* com.example.test.controllers.ProductController.deleteProduct(..))")
  public void specificInterception() {
    System.out.println("pointcut interception working");
  }

It fails to trigger. Why is this not working?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 82

Answers (1)

Dimitri Mestdagh
Dimitri Mestdagh

Reputation: 44757

A method annotated with @Pointcut on its own doesn't do anything. It only allows you re-use the same expression multiple times rather than having to redeclare it. I'm not even sure if the method body of such a method will be invoked.

In your case, you can use your pointcut like this:

@Pointcut("execution(* com.example.test.controllers.ProductController.deleteProduct(..))")
public void specificPointcut() {}


@Before("specificPointcut()")
public void specificInterception() {
    System.out.println("pointcut interception working");
}

Upvotes: 2

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