http://www.aspectj.org: The runtime needed to execute a program using AspectJ
  • Andy Clement 
Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
All rights reserved.
This program and the accompanying materials are made available
under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
which accompanies this distribution and is available at
http://eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
Contributors:
initial implementation              Alexandre Vasseur

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2005 Contributors.
 * All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
 * under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution and is available at
 * http://eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 * initial implementation              Alexandre Vasseur
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.aspectj.lang.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;


After returning advice

Author:Alexandre Vasseur
/**
 * After returning advice
 *
 * @author Alexandre Vasseur
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface AfterReturning {

    
Returns:the pointcut expression where to bind the advice
/**
     * @return the pointcut expression where to bind the advice
     */
    String value() default "";

    
Returns:the pointcut expression where to bind the advice, overrides "value" when specified
/**
     * @return the pointcut expression where to bind the advice, overrides "value" when specified
     */
    String pointcut() default "";

    
Returns:the name of the argument in the advice signature to bind the returned value to
/**
     * @return the name of the argument in the advice signature to bind the returned value to
     */
    String returning() default "";
    
    
When compiling without debug info, or when interpreting pointcuts at runtime,
the names of any arguments used in the advice declaration are not available.
Under these circumstances only, it is necessary to provide the arg names in 
the annotation - these MUST duplicate the names used in the annotated method.
Format is a simple comma-separated list.

Returns:the argument names (that should match names used in the annotated method)
/**
     * When compiling without debug info, or when interpreting pointcuts at runtime,
     * the names of any arguments used in the advice declaration are not available.
     * Under these circumstances only, it is necessary to provide the arg names in 
     * the annotation - these MUST duplicate the names used in the annotated method.
     * Format is a simple comma-separated list.
     * @return the argument names (that should match names used in the annotated method)
     */
    String argNames() default "";

}