Thanks a bunch guys! I think i got the basic caller pointcut working for MethodCalledByMethodInvocation. Here is a simple set of classes that i used for this purpose: | package DCR2; | | public class HelloAOP { | public static void main(String args[]){ | new callTest().printText(); | } | public void callMe(){ | System.out.println("AOP!"); | } | } | | | package DCR2; | | public class callTest { | public void printText(){ | callMe(); | } | public void callMe(){ | System.out.println("AOP!"); | } | } | | package DCR2; | | import org.jboss.aop.advice.Interceptor; | import org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.Invocation; | import org.jboss.aop.joinpoint.MethodCalledByMethodInvocation; | | public class HelloAOPInterceptor implements Interceptor{ | public String getName(){ | return "HelloAOPInterceptor"; | } | public Object invoke(Invocation invocation) throws Throwable{ | if (invocation instanceof MethodCalledByMethodInvocation){ | System.out.print("MethodCalledByMethodInvocation, "); | } | else System.out.print("Hello, "); | return invocation.invokeNext(); | } | } | | | And my jboss-aop.xml looks like: | | | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> | <aop> | <bind pointcut="call(public void DCR2.callTest->callMe()) and withincode(public void DCR2.callTest->printText())"> | <interceptor class="DCR2.HelloAOPInterceptor"/> | </bind> | </aop> | The output after running the project should be: MethodCalledByMethodInvocation, AOP! The reason i used the callTest class in between is that i could not get the interceptor to work if i had a statement | new HelloAOP().callMe(); | | (a method call in the constructor) | | instead of: | new callTest().printText(); | What i could do on the whole is to see if a call for a method is coming from another method or not. My next step is to see if i can differentiate between a method call coming from a JSP page(JSP->EJB) and the method calling method(EJB->EJB). I may have to comeback for your help again. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993189#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...