From b66f05a7abef6e187fb7e8bbe34a3c3e509e2321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wisberg <wisberg>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:27:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] requirements for declaring members on interfaces

---
 docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml
index 96939d29a..3647b7f65 100644
--- a/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml
+++ b/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@
     <literal>java.lang.String</literal> unless
     <literal>java.lang.String</literal> is part of the compile.
   </para>
+  <para>
+  	When declaring members on interfaces, the implementation must
+  	control both the interface and the top-level implementors of 
+  	that interface (the classes that implement the interface but
+  	do not have a superclass that implements the interface).
+  	You may weave these separately, but be aware that you will get
+  	runtime exceptions if you run the affected top-level classes
+  	without the interface as produced by the same ajc implementation.
+  	Finally, note that one cannot define static fields or methods 
+  	on interfaces.
+  </para>
   
   <para>
     Other AspectJ implementations, indeed, future versions of ajc, may
-- 
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