Expecting to find N arguments to bind by name in advice

Hello,

Recently came across a problem with aspects and I wanted to know whether it's my fault or a bug.

I wanted to compare AOP configuration using JavaConfig and the classic XML configuration.

I managed to make them work correctly, but I found this: when I call an overlodad Advice method, the XML-style aspect throws an exception while the JavaConfig-style aspect doesn't. It seems that Spring can't decide between the different versions of an overloaded method (possibly because the XML configuration calls methods by reflection).

Thank you very much,
ranMa


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This is the (relevant) XML config:

Code:

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<aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>

<bean id="explorerAdvice" class="solution.advices.ExplorerAdvice" />
 
<aop:config>
  <aop:aspect ref="explorerAdvice">
    <aop:before
      method="beforeMistery"
      pointcut="execution(* *.resolve(explorers.Mistery)) and target(explorer) and args(mistery)"
      arg-names="explorer,mistery" />
  </aop:aspect>
</aop:config>

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and this is the equivalent JavaConfig:
(note: I had to replace the at-sign)

Code:

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#Aspect
public class ExplorerAspect {

  [...]
       
  #Before(
    value="execution(* *.resolve(explorers.Mistery)) and target(explorer) and args(mistery)",
    argNames="explorer,mistery")
  public void beforeMistery(Explorer explorer, Mistery mistery) {
    explorerAdvice.beforeMistery(explorer, mistery);
  }
}

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This is the Advice (used by both the XML and the JavaConfig configurations).
As I said, the overloaded method causes an exception with the XML configuration.

Code:

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public class ExplorerAdvice {

  // If I comment this method, the XML configuration works fine
  public void beforeMistery(Mistery mistery) {
    System.out.println("You must resolve this mistery:");
    System.out.println(mistery.getQuestion());
  }

  public void beforeMistery(Explorer explorer, Mistery mistery) {
    System.out.println(explorer.getName() + " must resolve this mistery:");
    System.out.println(mistery.getQuestion());
  }
}

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And finally this is the exception's stack trace that happens when I use the XML configuration. Once again, this exception doesn't happen if I comment the beforeMistery(Mistery) method.

Code:

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Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'explorer' defined in class path resource [solution/config/xml/spring-beans.xml]: BeanPostProcessor before instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor#0': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expecting to find 1 arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found 2 arguments.
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:405)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:429)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:729)
        at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:381)
        at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
        at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
        at solution.AdventureSpringExample.main(AdventureSpringExample.java:15)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor#0': Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expecting to find 1 arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found 2 arguments.
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:243)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:923)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:833)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:440)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:220)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.findAdvisorBeans(BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper.java:87)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:98)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator.findCandidateAdvisors(AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator.java:83)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.autoproxy.AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.shouldSkip(AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.java:105)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:266)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:789)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.resolveBeforeInstantiation(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:760)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:399)
        ... 13 more
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expecting to find 1 arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found 2 arguments.
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:111)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:87)
        at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:237)
        ... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expecting to find 1 arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found 2 arguments.
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.bindExplicitArguments(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:461)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.bindArgumentsByName(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:426)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.calculateArgumentBindings(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:377)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.getPointcut(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:178)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.buildSafePointcut(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:188)
        at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor.<init>(AspectJPointcutAdvisor.java:51)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:96)
        ... 34 more

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