Explain Spring AOP. What is Introduction in Spring AOP?

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) refers to a An Introduction allows us to add new methods or

programming technique that allows programmers to attributes to existing classes.
modularize crosscutting concerns or behavior that cuts What is Target object in Spring AOP?
across the typical divisions of responsibility, such as The target object is an object being advised by one or
logging and transaction management. more aspects. It will always be a proxy object. It is also
What is Aspect in Spring AOP? referred to as the advised object.
The core construct of AOP is the aspect that What is a Proxy in Spring AOP?
encapsulates behaviors affecting multiple classes into A proxy is an object that is created after applying advice
reusable modules. to a target object. when you think of client objects the
It is a module which has a set of APIs providing cross- target object and the proxy object are the same.
cutting requirements. For example, a logging module What are the different types of AutoProxying in Spring
would be called AOP aspect for logging. An application AOP?
can have any number of aspects depending on the BeanNameAutoProxyCreator,
requirement. In spring AOP, aspects are implemented DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator,
using regular classes annotated with and Metadata autoproxying.
@Aspect annotation(@AspectJ style). What is weaving in Spring AOP? What are the different
Explain the differences between concern and cross- points where weaving can be applied?
cutting concern in spring AoP. Weaving is the process of linking aspects with other
The concern is behavior that we want to have in a application types or objects to create an advised object.
particular module of an application. A concern may be Weaving can be done at compile time, at load time, or
defined as a functionality we want to implement. at runtime.
The cross-cutting concern is a concern which Explain XML schema-based aspect implementation in
is applicable throughout the application and it affects spring AOP.
the entire application. For example, logging, security In this implementation case, aspects are implemented
and data transfer is applicable for every module of an using regular classes along with XML
application hence they are cross-cutting concerns. based configuration.
Explain Join point in spring AOP. Explain annotation-based (@AspectJ based) aspect
The Join point represents a point in an applicaiton implementation in spring AOP.
where we can plug-in an AOP aspect. It is the actual This implementation case (@AspectJ based
place in the application where an action will be taken implementation) refers to a style of declaring aspects as
using Spring AOP framework. regular Java classes annotated with Java 5 annotations.
What is Advice in Spring AOP? What are the types of Advice in Spring AOP?
The advice is the actual action that will be taken either There are 5 types of Advice.
before or after the methodexecution. This is the actual Before Advice. Advice that is executed prior to a
piece of code that is invoked during joinpoint.
the programexecution by the Spring AOP framework. After returning advice. Advice that is executed after the
Spring aspects can work with five different advices. normal completion of a joinpoint.
before: Run advice before the a method execution. After throwing advice. Advice that is executed only if
after: Run advice after the a method execution a method exits abnormally by throwing an exception.
regardless of its outcome. Finally advice. Advice that is executed irrespective of
after-returning: Run advice after the how a joinpoint exit.
a method execution only Around advice. Advice that borders a joinpoint, for
if methodcompletes successfully. example, a methodinvocation. Advice can execute
after-throwing: Run advice after the before and after the invocation of method.
a method execution only if method exits by throwing an What is AOP Alliance?
exception. AOP alliance is an open-source project which is aimed at
around: Run advice before and after the promoting adoption of AOP. The AOP alliance?s goal is
advised method is invoked. to define a common set of components and interfaces
What is Pointcut in Spring AOP? so as to improve interoperability among different AOP
The pointcut is a set of one or more joinpoints where an implementations.
advice should be executed. You can specify pointcuts What do the proxy-target-class attributes do in Spring
using expressions or patterns. AOP?
To force the use of CGLIB proxies set the value of the
proxy-target-class attribute of the element to true.
<aop:config proxy-target-
class="true">
<!-- other beans defined
here... -->
</aop:config>
How spring AOP works?
Spring AOP is proxy-based. Spring uses either JDK proxy,
preferred wheneven the proxied target implements at
least one interface or CGLIB proxy when the target
object does not implement any interfaces, to create the
proxy for a given target bean.
Spring AOP performs run-time weaving. You can
however set up Spring to do load-time weaving through
AspectJ.
Which design pattern is used in Spring AOP?
AOP is mainly based on Proxy design pattern. It also
uses remoting, Singleton, template method and
decorator design pattern.
Difference between Spring AOP and aspectJ.
Spring AOP does runtime weaving by default while
Aspect is compile time weaving.
Spring AOP doesn’ t work with final class or final/static
methods because it may not able to create proxy by
subclassing. AspectJ works with final class as it does
compile time weaving and not depend on proxy
pattern.