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Enabling @AspectJ Support

To use @AspectJ aspects in a Spring configuration, you need to enable Spring support for configuring Spring AOP based on @AspectJ aspects and auto-proxying beans based on whether or not they are advised by those aspects. By auto-proxying, we mean that, if Spring determines that a bean is advised by one or more aspects, it automatically generates a proxy for that bean to intercept method invocations and ensures that advice is run as needed.

The @AspectJ support can be enabled with XML- or Java-style configuration. In either case, you also need to ensure that AspectJ’s aspectjweaver.jar library is on the classpath of your application (version 1.9 or later). This library is available in the lib directory of an AspectJ distribution or from the Maven Central repository.

Enabling @AspectJ Support with Java Configuration

To enable @AspectJ support with Java @Configuration, add the @EnableAspectJAutoProxy annotation, as the following example shows:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Configuration
@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
public class AppConfig {
}
@Configuration
@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
class AppConfig

Enabling @AspectJ Support with XML Configuration

To enable @AspectJ support with XML-based configuration, use the aop:aspectj-autoproxy element, as the following example shows:

<aop:aspectj-autoproxy/>

This assumes that you use schema support as described in XML Schema-based configuration. See the AOP schema for how to import the tags in the aop namespace.