Problems with MethodBeforeAdvice

[orribl]

Hi,

I have a problem with the MethodBeforeAdvise. I "registered" a class so all Method calls should be catched by an MethodBeforeAdvise-Implementation:

public class Logging implements MethodBeforeAdvice {
	private Logging(){
	}
	public void before(Method method, Object[] args, Object target)throws Throwable{
		System.out.println(method.getDeclaringClass() + ": " + method.getName());	
	}
}

Heres the class which should be watched:

public class XDao implements IXDao{
   public ArrayList getAllX() {
      this.getX(0);
   }
}
public Mandant getX( Integer XId){
}

I simplified the classed so you dont get confused.

And heres my applicationContext.xml:

<bean id="xDaoTarget" class="XDao"></bean>
<bean id="theTracingAdvice" class="Logging" />
<bean id="theTracingBeforeAdvisor" class="org.springframework.aop.support.RegexpMethodPointcutAdvisor" >
		<property name="advice">
			<ref local="theTracingAdvice" />
		</property>	
		<property name="pattern">
			<value>.*</value>
		</property>
	</bean>
<bean id="xDao"
class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">	
	<property name="proxyInterfaces">
		<value>IXDao</value>
	</property>	
	<property name="target">
		<ref local="xDaoTarget" />
	</property>
	<property name="interceptorNames">
		<list>
			<value>theTracingBeforeAdvisor</value>
		</list>
	</property>
</bean>

So actually all method calls should be catched by the Advice.
This works fine when I call the getAllX()-Method (I get a print at the console). But the method called within the getAllX()-Method is not catched by the Advice.
Does anyone know why this is so?

Thanks in advance...

[Marten Deinum]

It is explained in the reference guide. Chapter 6 explains why it is. Especailly 6.6.1.

Simply said only remote calls into the object are intercepted, internal calls (calls to this) are not being intercepted. If you need this you will need AspectJ and load- or compile time weaving.