Re: [aspectwerkz-dev] AspectWerkz 1.0-beta1 is out

Jonas,

   I wonder if you had implemented proposed extention to XML config file 
to allow to specify pointcut expression in a body of <pointcut> element. 
Like this: <pointcut...>pointcut expression</pointcut>

   regards,
   Eugene


> Hi guys.
> 
> AspectWerkz 1.0-beta1 has been released.
> 
> Here are the release notes:
> 
> Amont many other things this release is shipped with a completely new
> pointcut grammar which is much more expressive and powerful, and rich
> annotation support for both typed and untyped annotations.
> 
>     * Support for deploying several aop.xml Aspect defintion/deployment
> files alongside deployed application (WEB-INF/aop.xml, META-INF/aop.xml)
> and have them following the classloader hierarchy.
>     * One single API to access both JavaDoc-style and Java 1.5
> annotations, allows using them together seamlessly.
>     * Typed and untyped annotations for JavaDoc-style annotations.
> Supports the same parameters types as Java 1.5 annotations and has
> strongly typed compile time checking (using a new annotation compiler).
>     * within and withincode pointcuts
>     * More expressive cflow pointcuts that can take any pointcut
> expression as "parameter" and can be used to build arbitrary nested
> expressions.
>     * Matching on annotations.
>     * Matching on modifiers (including !public and NOT static etc.)
>     * Matching on subtypes for parameters and return values.
>     * System wide pointcuts (in the XML deployment descriptor).
>     * Pointcut references (refer to pointcuts defined in other aspects
> than the one you are using it in).
>     * JSR-163 JVMTI support for Java 1.5 class load time weaving with
> -javaagent:
>     * JoinPoint class is now serializable.
>     * JoinPoint instances can be "resetted", to start over a complete
> advice chain (useful for failover etc.).
>     * Documentation enhanced and refactored.
>     * Introductory tutorials.
>     * Some bug fixes.
>     * Please note that there are changes to the way annotations
> (formerly call attributes) are complied and retrieved. F.e. AspectC has
> been replaced by AnnontationC and has slightly different options, so to
> compile the aspects use AnnotationC from now on.
> 
> Download it
> [http://dist.codehaus.org/aspectwerkz/distributions/aspectwerkz-1.0-beta
> 1.zip?download]
> 
> Enjoy. 
> 
> /The AspectWerkz Team