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Basic AspectJ Question

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I'm finding AspectJ very hard to get into, mostly because the manual 
(AspectJ Language Guide) seems very weak to me. 

For example, a construct they use all the time in examples is "target()". 
Clearly, this is an important thing. But I'm darned if I can find 
anything in the manual that actually says what "target()" is or does! 
They just seem to assume that it's obvious. But I've got a pretty good 
imagination and I can imagine lots of things it might be, each of which 
has different implications and significance....

Can anyone enlighten me on what "target()" does? Even just an indication 
of where it is explained in the manual would be fine. A link to a better 
manual or tutorial on AspectJ, if there is such a thing, would also be 
greatly appreciated. 

And if anyone is aware of a manual or tutorial that explains how to do X 
in Aspect J where there is a long list of X's, that would be REALLY 
helpful. For instance, I'd like to write an "entering" log entry for each 
method (and constructor) as I execute it and I want that log entry to 
include the name of the class and method so I need a pointcut and advice 
that is able to determine the class name and method name that is being 
executed so that I can put it in the logging statement. I'm picturing 
something like:

pointcut entering() : execution ( * * (..));

before() : entering() {
    	this.logger.entering(className, methodName); 
      }

I know that some context information is available in each method but I'm 
not sure how to get the class and method names so that I can put them in 
the advice.

That's why I'd love to find a "How to do X" list with lots of different 
X's in it. With a bit of luck, what I'm trying to do would be on the list 
and I get to what I want to do a little more quickly than churning 
through the Language Guide...

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Basic AspectJ Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-25 20:07 +0000
  Re: Basic AspectJ Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-02-25 18:04 -0500
    Re: Basic AspectJ Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-26 01:43 +0000
  Re: Basic AspectJ Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-02-25 21:52 -0400
    Re: Basic AspectJ Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-02-26 14:34 +0000

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