<aop:config> and aspects under Java 1.3

[spiff]

Hi all,

I'm trying to get the Spring 2.0 <tx:advice> and <aop:config> tags working. I'm developing and deploying under Java 1.3 - and this cannot be changed.

How should I go about doing this? I've read the reference documentation but it only mentions Java 5 load-time weaving. Maybe they are other options?

Thanks

[Rod Johnson]

This should work if you use the XML configuration style. You do not need AspectJ load time weaving, just Spring's own AOP support.

You cannot use @AspectJ annotation style, of course, as this requires Java 5, but you can achieve the same result with your pointcut expressions in XML.

[spiff]

Thanks Rod. Turns out there was an opportunity to switch to Java 5 so using these features will be easy