RE: Dynamic configuration

Jonas Bonér wrote:
> The advices can be dynamically be added, rearranged and removed at
> runtime without reloading your classes. (See the docs:
> [http://aspectwerkz.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#Hot%20d
> eployment].)
>
> The limitation is that you can only do this at pointcuts that has
> already been advised. I.e. you have to know the places where
> you want to
> be able to handle the advices dynamically. (Either you know
> these points
> or you have to be *very* generous when defining your pointcuts.)
>
> If you reload your classes at runtime then you should as well
> be able to
> change the pointcuts, e.g. transform your classes according to a
> modified XML defininition. This since the framework reloads the
> definition file as soon as it has been updated (or the
> attributes if you
> are using runtime attributes). This feature I have not had
> the time to
> test thoroughly.

Thanks for the pointer.

I guess I can get around this in a first phase by generating the
config file on the fly then loading/reloading the framework.

> I don't know if this is sufficient for you.

At some point, I will look into adding the ability to specify
aspects using the API. Any thoughts/issues on/with that?

Thanks,
-- Vincent



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