"Failed to bind all argument names" Error

[mecode]

I'm receiving this error, and after searching the forums I've tried all previous solutions, including updating to 2.0.6, but nothing works.

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJPointcutAdvisor': Cannot create inner bean '(inner bean)' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to bind all argument names: 1 argument(s) could not be bound
Caused by: 
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name '(inner bean)': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to bind all argument names: 1 argument(s) could not be bound
Caused by: 
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to bind all argument names: 1 argument(s) could not be bound
	at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.getParameterNames(AspectJAdviceParameterNameDiscoverer.java:282)
	at org.springframework.core.PrioritizedParameterNameDiscoverer.getParameterNames(PrioritizedParameterNameDiscoverer.java:54)
	at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.bindArgumentsByName(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:356)
	at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.calculateArgumentBindings(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:317)
	at org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AbstractAspectJAdvice.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractAspectJAdvice.java:283)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1057)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1024)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:421)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveInnerBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:200)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveValueIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:116)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.resolveConstructorArguments(ConstructorResolver.java:329)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.autowireConstructor(ConstructorResolver.java:97)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireConstructor(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:684)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:622)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:381)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:245)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:140)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:242)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:156)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:273)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:346)
	at org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.java:156)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.createWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:246)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:184)
	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:49)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:3763)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4211)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:759)

Here are the bean entries and the class:

<aop:config>
		<aop:pointcut id="activtyExecution"
			expression="execution(* com.company.esm.eputil.core.ActivityIfc.*(..))" />
		<aop:aspect id="aroundExample" ref="TimerAspect">
			<aop:around pointcut-ref="activtyExecution"  method="doBasicProfiling" />
		</aop:aspect>
	</aop:config>
	<bean id="TimerAspect" class="com.company.esm.eputil.aop.TimerAspect" />

public class TimerAspect {
	private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TimerAspect.class);
	//@Around("com.company.esm.eputil.aop.SystemArchitecture.timingOperation()")
	  public Object doBasicProfiling(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable {
	    log.info("Start: " + new Date());
	    Object retVal = pjp.proceed();
	    log.info("End: " + new Date());
	    return retVal;
	  }

}

Any help would be appreciated.

[mecode]

Really frustrating. I can't even get this to work. Same error message. It works if I remove the JoinPoint params, but I thought that was how you could do it.

I used Spring AOP during the 1.x days and loved it, but I'm about ready to give up on the 2.x Spring AOP.

public class TimerAspect {
	private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(TimerAspect.class);
	
	  public void doBasicProfilingStart(JoinPoint jp) throws Throwable {
	    log.info("Start: " + new Date() + jp.getKind());
	  }
	  
	  public void doBasicProfilingEnd(JoinPoint jp) throws Throwable {
		    log.info("End: " + new Date()+ jp.getKind());
		  }

}

<aop:config>
    <aop:aspect id="timingAspect" ref="TimerAspect" >
      <aop:before 
        method="doBasicProfilingStart"
        pointcut="execution(* com.company.esm.eputil.core.ActivityIfc.*(com.company.esm.eputil.core.ActivityProcessorIfc))" />
      <aop:after method="doBasicProfilingEnd" 
      pointcut="execution(* com.company.esm.eputil.core.ActivityIfc.*(com.company.esm.eputil.core.ActivityProcessorIfc))" />
    </aop:aspect>
  </aop:config>
	
<bean id="TimerAspect" class="com.company.esm.eputil.aop.TimerAspect" />

[plethora]

Add argNames annotation parameter?

[mecode]

Add argNames annotation parameter?

With what value? The JoinPoint should be supplied by Spring automatically.

[plethora]

I was thinking that spring perhaps wanted a "arg-names" attribute that specified the name of the "JoinPoint"/"ProceedingJoinPoint" parameter. However, it seems not to be the case.

Can you provide some more details on your environment? Versions of Java, Spring, and the version of the AspectJ libraries used?

[mecode]

Can you provide some more details on your environment? Versions of Java, Spring, and the version of the AspectJ libraries used?

That was it...old aspectj versions. Thanks.