[seam-dev] Javassist limitation?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

How can AspectJ do this without having control over the classloader ?

AFAIK they have the exact same limitations.

/max

>> Seam uses javassist, but we use it to generate proxies not to instrument the
>> code.
>
> Yep, exactly what I was about to write in response. So essentially we
> are getting the same behavior as we would with a JDK proxy.
>
> So the decision for the future is to whether this is just the way life
> is going to be or whether we need to find a general approach to allow
> more fine-grained interceptor calls. I doubt that JBoss AOP is the
> only library that solves this problem. I have no doubt the Spring guys
> will just love to kick us over this issue (given that AspectJ can
> handle it). One response is that simplicity is better.
>
> -Dan
>