Spring AOP

Writing First AspectJ Program in Spring

Spring AOP (Aspect-oriented programming) framework is used to modularize cross-cutting concerns in aspects. Put it simple, it’s just an interceptor to intercept some processes, for example, when a method is execute, Spring AOP can hijack the executing method, and add extra functionality before or after the method execution.

In Spring AOP, 4 type of advices are supported :

  • Before advice – Run before the method execution
  • After returning advice – Run after the method returns a result
  • After throwing advice – Run after the method throws an exception
  • Around advice – Run around the method execution, combine all three advices above.

 

1. Setting up the project structure:

Launch your preferred IDE (I use STS) and Create New Java Project. And then create the file structure as shown below…

You need to download all the JARs that are in User Libraries “aspectJ-lib” and add them to the project’s class path. You can find these JARs here: Spring, Commons-logging, aspectjrt, aspectjweaver.

2. Writing our Logging Aspect:

package com.dineshonjava.sdnext.aop.tutorial.aspectJ;

@Aspect
public class LoggingAspect
{
        public void loggingAdvice()
 {
    System.out.println("Advice run. Get method is called");
 }
}

3. Configuring Spring AOP and @AspectJ support:

<beans>
.....
  <bean class="com.dineshonjava.sdnext.aop.tutorial.aspectJ.LoggingAspect" name="loggingAspect"></bean>
.....
<aop:aspectj-autoproxy></aop:aspectj-autoproxy>
.....
<aop:config>
   <aop:aspect id="loggingAspect" ref="loggingAspect">
        .....
        <aop:after method="..." pointcut="..."></aop:after>
        .....
    </aop:aspect>
</aop:config>
....
</beans>
Spring supports the @AspectJ annotation style approach and the schema-based approach to implement custom aspects. These two approaches have been explained in detail in the following.

1. XML Schema based : Aspects are implemented using regular classes along with XML based configuration.

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Dinesh Rajput is the chief editor of a website Dineshonjava, a technical blog dedicated to the Spring and Java technologies. It has a series of articles related to Java technologies. Dinesh has been a Spring enthusiast since 2008 and is a Pivotal Certified Spring Professional, an author of a book Spring 5 Design Pattern, and a blogger. He has more than 10 years of experience with different aspects of Spring and Java design and development. His core expertise lies in the latest version of Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Security, creating REST APIs, Microservice Architecture, Reactive Pattern, Spring AOP, Design Patterns, Struts, Hibernate, Web Services, Spring Batch, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Web Application Design and Architecture. He is currently working as a technology manager at a leading product and web development company. He worked as a developer and tech lead at the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd and was the first developer in his previous company, Paytm. Dinesh is passionate about the latest Java technologies and loves to write technical blogs related to it. He is a very active member of the Java and Spring community on different forums. When it comes to the Spring Framework and Java, Dinesh tops the list!

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