Remove @Aspect for classes containing only @Pointcut declarations in reference documentation

[manueljordan]

Regarding the current Reference Documentation, the Declaring a Pointcut page contains two sections. The first is the Combining Pointcut Expressions where the following appears:

package com.xyz;

@Aspect
public class Pointcuts {

	@Pointcut("execution(public * *(..))")
	public void publicMethod() {} 

	@Pointcut("within(com.xyz.trading..*)")
	public void inTrading() {} 

	@Pointcut("publicMethod() && inTrading()")
	public void tradingOperation() {} 
}

And the Sharing Named Pointcut Definitions section where the following appears:

package com.xyz;

import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;

@Aspect
public class CommonPointcuts {

	/**
	 * A join point is in the web layer if the method is defined
	 * in a type in the com.xyz.web package or any sub-package
	 * under that.
	 */
	@Pointcut("within(com.xyz.web..*)")
	public void inWebLayer() {}

        ....

}

The point is that @Aspect is unnecessary when the class only declares methods with @Pointcut.

[sbrannen]

Good catch!

This has been addressed for inclusion in 6.0.11.

[manueljordan]

Thank You ... here always to share my 2 cents - In Spring We Trust!