Book about AspectJ: Recommendations?

[Andreas Senft]

Having worked with Spring AOP so far, I intend to dig a little deeper into AspectJ. Now I am looking for a good book about that topic.

I am aware of "AspectJ in Action", but that dates 2003, so possibly it is not up to date anymore. Can anyone recommend a book (english or german) that covers the recent state of things (AspectJ 5)?

Thanks for any suggestions,
Andreas

[karldmoore]

Ditto, but I'd prefer one in English . I was forwarded this before by a friend.
http://www.aspectprogrammer.org/blog...e_aspectj.html

[Andreas Senft]

Thanks for the link, Karl. Skimming the reviews I think that something like "AspectJ in Action" seems to be a better starting point as they say the usage patterns are covered better there. If it wasn't that "old" I would have already bought it. Just wondering if it is somehow outdated by the advent of AspectJ 5 or not. Maybe someone who read it could share some insight to that?

[karldmoore]

Just wondered if you'd done anymore digging into this Andreas? It's near the top of my list of things to do, so I wondered what you'd gone with.

[Andreas Senft]

Currently I think about ordering this book. Since it is in german, I fear it won't help you

Besides that I read here about a planned second edition of "AspectJ in Action". Though there is no hint about its release date.

While pondering about this, I work through the other books in my queue

Maybe meanwhile someone provides hints about other resources.

Regards,
Andreas

[karldmoore]

Currently I think about ordering this book. Since it is in german, I fear it won't help you

Yes my German isn't really upto that much. I can remember a standard opening line when writing a letter but that's about it. It would be a change though .

Besides that I read here about a planned second edition of "AspectJ in Action". Though there is no hint about its release date.

Thanks for the tip anyway, I'll have to do some searching for information.

While pondering about this, I work through the other books in my queue

I know what you mean. If I didn't have a job, then maybe I could catch up on all the things on my "to do" list .

[debasishg]

Thanks for the link, Karl. Skimming the reviews I think that something like "AspectJ in Action" seems to be a better starting point as they say the usage patterns are covered better there. If it wasn't that "old" I would have already bought it. Just wondering if it is somehow outdated by the advent of AspectJ 5 or not. Maybe someone who read it could share some insight to that?

AspectJ in Action is indeed a great starting point. Apart from the regular examples, it contains lots of usage patterns, best practices, design idioms. There are great chapters on using aspects to implement thread safety, business rules, authentication and authorization. I found the book a great read and learnt lots of new usage patterns of aspects. Regarding AspectJ5, you can have a look at the Developer's Notebook that comes bundled with the AspectJ distribution.

HTH,
- Debasish

[karldmoore]

Thanks for the recommendation Debasish, I'll check them out.

[Andreas Senft]

Thanks for the information Debasish.
Much appreciated!

Regards,
Andreas

[Andreas Senft]

Meanwhile I read the (german) book I mentioned above (Aspektorientierte Programmierung mit AspectJ 5; Oliver Böhm). For the german readers: I can recommend it. I deem it a good introduction to AspectJ with gradually increasing difficulty level. It is also quite usable as reference.

Concerning AspectJ patterns there are only some basic ones. Otherwise it is referred to "AspectJ in Action". Maybe I will have a read on that one too, later.

Regards,
Andreas