[Springframework-developer] StaticMethodPointcut

[Rod J. <rod...@in...>]

Guys,

I think we should change the signature on the StaticMethodPointcut applies()
method to introduce a new argument, targetClass, as below:

boolean applies(Method method, Class targetClass, AttributeRegistry
attributeRegistry);

The reason is that sometimes we need to know not just the method, but the
target class we're invoking.

Consider the getAge() method on class TestBean. A subclass, SpecialTestBean
adds a class-level metadata attribute that should cause auto-proxying. With
the old signature, the method argument would be TestBean.getAge() and
without knowledge of the target class we would miss this important
attribute.

Does everyone agree this makes sense? Is there a better solution?

This will break existing static pointcuts, although it's trivial to fix.
I've already revised the source and test tree (although not committed yet).
Hence I didn't commit it before M2.

Regards,
Rod