AspectJ Pointcuts in Methods Injected by Roo Generated Aspects

[njlaw]

Hello,

I am trying to use custom aspects to wrap certain <Entity>.persist() methods as follows:

TestAspect.java

package com.test.domain.util;

import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Before;

@Aspect
public class TestAspect {
	@Before("com.test.domain.util.LegalEntity.persist()")
	public void beforePersist() {
		System.out.println("beforePersist()");
	}
}

applicationContext.xml

   <aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>
   <bean id="TestAspect1" class="com.xyrodian.resman.domain.util.TestAspect"/>

However, when I try to build the project, it gives the error, "[ERROR] can't find referenced pointcut persist". How can I force it to process LegalEntity_Roo_Entity before TestAspect?

[Marten Deinum]

Check the error message and read the reference guide part about pointcuts again...

You probably want the execute something before the execution of the persist method, currently you are referencing to a pointcut named persist in the LegalCompany class.

@Before("execution(* com.test.domain.util.LegalEntity.persist())")