Aspectj in Action: Practical Aspect-Oriented Programming

513 Pages·2003·15.01 MB·English

by  Ramnivas Laddad

AspectJ in Action

AspectJ in Action
PRACTICAL ASPECT-ORIENTED
PROGRAMMING
RAMNIVAS LADDAD
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To my late grandfather, Jodhrajji.
You were always there for me.

brief contents
PART 1 UNDERSTANDING AOP AND ASPECTJ.............................1
1 ■ Introduction to AOP 3
2 ■ Introducing AspectJ 32
3 ■ AspectJ: syntax basics 64
4 ■ Advanced AspectJ 100
PART 2 BASIC APPLICATIONS OF ASPECTJ................................143
5 ■ Monitoring techniques: logging, tracing,
and profiling 145
6 ■ Policy enforcement: system wide contracts 178
7 ■ Optimization: pooling and caching 202
PART 3 ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF ASPECTJ......................243
8 ■ Design patterns and idioms 245
9 ■ Implementing thread safety 286
10 ■ Authentication and authorization 323
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viii BRIEF CONTENTS
11 ■ Transaction management 356
12 ■ Implementing business rules 391
13 ■ The next step 425
A ■ The AspectJ compiler 438
B ■ Understanding Ant integration 447
■ resources 455
■ index 461
contents
preface xvii
how real is AspectJ? xix
into the future! xxi
acknowledgments xxiii
about this book xxv
PART 1 UNDERSTANDING AOP AND ASPECTJ...........................1
1 Introduction to AOP 3
1.1 The architect’s dilemma 5
1.2 Evolution of programming methodologies 6
1.3 Managing system concerns 7
Identifying system concerns 8 ■ A one-dimensional
solution 10 ■ It’s all about modularizing 11
1.4 Implementing crosscutting concerns in
nonmodularized systems 14
Symptoms of nonmodularization 15 ■ Implications of
nonmodularization 18 ■ Introducing AOP 19
A bit of history 20 ■ The AOP methodology 21
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