checking annotation properties at run time

[rainman]

I have created an annotation which goes like the one below.

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface AnAnnotation{
	public String value();
}

as is there a way with which i can do an equivalent of this ?

execution(@AnAnnotation(value=="somethingInteresting") *.*(..))

[Andy Clement]

In the README for 1.6.0:

http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/r...EADME-160.html

This concept is described, it is called annotation value matching. However it is not yet implemented for all variations of annotation value kinds. As the example in the README shows, it works for enums so far. Please raise an enhancement request against AspectJ for string value matching:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_...roduct=AspectJ

The best you can do right now is checking it at the top of your advice after binding the annotation.

Andy Clement
AspectJ Project Lead
SpringSource