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| Each piece of advice is of the form | |
| <blockquote class="blockquote"><tt>[ strictfp ] <i><tt>AdviceSpec</tt></i> | |
| [ throws <i><tt>TypeList</tt></i> ] : | |
| <i><tt>Pointcut</tt></i> { | |
| <i><tt>Body</tt></i> } </tt></blockquote> | |
| where <i><tt>AdviceSpec</tt></i> is one of | |
| </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><a name="d0e4035"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>before( <i><tt>Formals</tt></i> ) </tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| runs before each join point | |
| </dd><dt><a name="d0e4046"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>after( <i><tt>Formals</tt></i> ) returning | |
| [ ( <i><tt>Formal</tt></i> ) ] </tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| runs after each join point that returns normally. The | |
| optional formal gives access to the returned value | |
| </dd><dt><a name="d0e4060"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>after( <i><tt>Formals</tt></i> ) throwing [ | |
| ( <i><tt>Formal</tt></i> ) ] </tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| runs after each join point that throws a | |
| <tt>Throwable</tt>. If the optional formal is | |
| present, runs only after each join point that throws a | |
| <tt>Throwable</tt> of the type of | |
| <i><tt>Formal</tt></i>, and | |
| <i><tt>Formal</tt></i> gives access to the | |
| <tt>Throwable</tt> exception value | |
| </dd><dt><a name="d0e4089"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>after( <i><tt>Formals</tt></i> ) </tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| runs after each join point regardless of whether it returns | |
| normally or throws a <tt>Throwable</tt></dd><dt><a name="d0e4102"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt><i><tt>Type</tt></i> | |
| around( <i><tt>Formals</tt></i> ) </tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| runs in place of each join point. The join point can be | |
| executed by calling <tt>proceed</tt>, which takes | |
| the same number and types of arguments as the around advice. | |
| </dd></dl></div><p> | |
| Three special variables are available inside of advice bodies: | |
| </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><a name="d0e4121"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>thisJoinPoint</tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| an object of type <a href="../api/org/aspectj/lang/JoinPoint.html" target="_top"><tt>org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint</tt></a> | |
| representing the join point at which the advice is executing. | |
| </dd><dt><a name="d0e4133"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>thisJoinPointStaticPart</tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| equivalent to <tt>thisJoinPoint.getStaticPart()</tt>, | |
| but may use fewer runtime resources. | |
| </dd><dt><a name="d0e4144"></a><span class="term"> | |
| <tt>thisEnclosingJoinPointStaticPart</tt> | |
| </span></dt><dd> | |
| the static part of the dynamically enclosing join point. | |
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