Looking for explanation of the following spring term: *com.mytransaction.service.*.*(..))

[Greg Funston]

Hi,

I saw this term "*com.mytransaction.service.*.*(..))" in the following code snippet. I was looking for an explanation of the "(..)" portion and what it means to the configuration.

<aop:config>
<aop:pointcut id="allServices"
expression="execution(*com.mytransaction.service.*.*(..))"/>
<aop:advisor advice-ref="txAdvice" pointcut-ref="allServices"/>
</aop:config>

Thanks

[Tim Cooke]

The "(..)" portion is "regardless of parameters".

So the whole pointcut expression applies to any class in package com.mytransaction.service, regardless of method, and regardless of parameters.

The leading * is irrelevant for Spring AOP. It has a meaning in Aspect J, which is where the notation comes from, but Spring AOP ignores it.

[Greg Funston]

Thanks very much. I expected that was the case. Nice to have it confirmed.