Spring aspects annotatted parameter question

[Jeremy Odell]

I would like to annotate a parameter in a method and then have my advice successfully read this. However I cannot seem to get the @args to work properly.

Here is an example of the method with the annotated param:

public void easyTest(@TestParam String test) 

The working advice looks like this:

@Before("execution(* rewards.internal.*.*Repository.easyTest(..)) && args(string)")
	public void easyTest(JoinPoint jp, String string) {

However instead of args I would like to use the @args value and look for the annotation.
When I attempt to do this, it does not get into the advice:

@Before("execution(* rewards.internal.*.*Repository.easyTest(..)) && @args(string)")
	public void easyTest(JoinPoint jp, TestParam string) 

My goal is to mark a parameter with an annotation so that in my advice i can easily gain access to the object I want to use. Is this possible? It does not seem to be working the way I would assume.

Thanks in advance,
Jeremy

[Jeremy Odell]

One more additional interesting find. It seems as though the Joinpoint object does not have any annotation details.
I ran the following test:

	@Before("execution(* rewards.internal.*.*Repository.easyTest(..))")
	public void easyTest(JoinPoint jp) {
		//ms seems to have no annotation values
		MethodSignature ms = (MethodSignature) jp.getSignature();
		//this one has all of my annotations
		Method theMethod = ClassUtils.getMethodIfAvailable(jp.getTarget()
				.getClass(), ms.getMethod().getName(), ms.getParameterTypes());
		//null
		Object test = ms.getMethod().getAnnotation(TestMethod.class);
		//returns back the TestMethod annotation
		Object secondTest = theMethod.getAnnotation(TestMethod.class);
		//Returns back my TestParam annotation
		Object[][] testArray = theMethod.getParameterAnnotations();
	}

I could not get back any annotation information from the joinpoint. I had to use Spring's ClassUtil to get back the info I expected.

I wonder if this is why I could never get a value when using @args?

[Mark Spritzler]

Try

@args(packagehere.TestParam)

Mark