Programmatic Creation of @AspectJ Proxies

In addition to declaring aspects in your configuration by using either <aop:config> or <aop:aspectj-autoproxy>, it is also possible to programmatically create proxies that advise target objects. For the full details of Spring’s AOP API, see the next chapter. Here, we want to focus on the ability to automatically create proxies by using @AspectJ aspects.

You can use the org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation.AspectJProxyFactory class to create a proxy for a target object that is advised by one or more @AspectJ aspects. The basic usage for this class is very simple, as the following example shows:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

// create a factory that can generate a proxy for the given target object
AspectJProxyFactory factory = new AspectJProxyFactory(targetObject);

// add an aspect, the class must be an @AspectJ aspect
// you can call this as many times as you need with different aspects
factory.addAspect(SecurityManager.class);

// you can also add existing aspect instances, the type of the object supplied
// must be an @AspectJ aspect
factory.addAspect(usageTracker);

// now get the proxy object...
MyInterfaceType proxy = factory.getProxy();
// create a factory that can generate a proxy for the given target object
val factory = AspectJProxyFactory(targetObject)

// add an aspect, the class must be an @AspectJ aspect
// you can call this as many times as you need with different aspects
factory.addAspect(SecurityManager::class.java)

// you can also add existing aspect instances, the type of the object supplied
// must be an @AspectJ aspect
factory.addAspect(usageTracker)

// now get the proxy object...
val proxy = factory.getProxy<Any>()

See the javadoc for more information.