Proxy created for beans that do not match the pointcut expression

[jpraet]

Hi,

I have following AOP configuration:

	<aop:config>
		<aop:aspect id="operatorAuditAspect" ref="operatorAPIAuditor">
			<aop:pointcut id="auditedOperation" expression="within(com.abc..*) &amp;&amp; (@target(com.abc.Audited) || @annotation(com.abc.Audited))" />
			<aop:after pointcut-ref="auditedOperation" method="doAudit" />
		</aop:aspect>
	</aop:config>

This works OK, the advice is executed for all beans in package com.abc.. with @Audited annotation. However, it seems that ALL beans with types in package com.abc are now proxied, which results in exceptions when I want to inject beans with concrete types.

e.g.

No matching bean of type [com.abc.Foo] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency.

Is this normal?

[Marten Deinum]

Which is correct and this has to do with your pointcut expression. It consists of a static part and part that is checked at runtime. The within is the static part, for this match proxies are created (basically everything in the package). The @target and @annotation are checked at runtime.

I suggest a read of the AspectJ reference guide or the excellent AspectJ in Action (2nd edition).

[jpraet]

Thanks, I got it working by changing @target to @within.