org.springframework.aop.support
Class AbstractExpressionPointcut

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.aop.support.AbstractExpressionPointcut

All Implemented Interfaces:

Pointcut, ExpressionPointcut

Direct Known Subclasses:

AspectJExpressionPointcut

public abstract class AbstractExpressionPointcut
extends Object
implements ExpressionPointcut

Abstract superclass for expression pointcuts.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rod Johnson, Rob Harrop

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.aop.Pointcut

TRUE

Constructor Summary

AbstractExpressionPointcut()

Method Summary

String	getExpression() Return the String expression for this pointcut
String	getLocation() Return location information about the pointcut expression if available.
protected abstract void	onSetExpression(String expression) Set the pointcut expression.
void	setExpression(String expression)
void	setLocation(String location) Set the location for debugging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.aop.Pointcut

getClassFilter, getMethodMatcher

Constructor Detail

AbstractExpressionPointcut

public AbstractExpressionPointcut()

Method Detail

setLocation

public void setLocation(String location)

Set the location for debugging.

getLocation

public String getLocation()

Return location information about the pointcut expression if available. This is useful in debugging.

Returns:

location information as a human-readable String, or null if none is available

setExpression

public void setExpression(String expression)

getExpression

public String getExpression()

Description copied from interface: ExpressionPointcut

Return the String expression for this pointcut

Specified by:

getExpression in interface ExpressionPointcut

Returns:

the String expression for this pointcut

onSetExpression

protected abstract void onSetExpression(String expression)
                                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Set the pointcut expression. The expression should be parsed at this point if possible.

Parameters:

expression - expression to set

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the expression is invalid