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authorehilsdal <ehilsdal>2003-07-31 06:52:04 +0000
committerehilsdal <ehilsdal>2003-07-31 06:52:04 +0000
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Fix for
Bugzilla Bug 35551: "declare soft" in abstract aspect have no effect Specifying that declare soft behaves like advice in that it must be concretized to have an effect.
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diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/semantics.xml
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@@ -2224,6 +2224,23 @@
<para>except, in addition to wrapping the exception, it also affects
Java's static exception checking mechanism. </para>
+ <para> Like advice, the declare soft form has no effect in an
+ abstract aspect that is not extended by a concreate aspect. So
+ the following code will not compile unless it is compiled with an
+ extending concrete aspect:</para>
+
+<programlisting>
+ abstract aspect A {
+ abstract pointcut softeningPC();
+
+ before() : softeningPC() {
+ Class.forName("FooClass"); // error: uncaught ClassNotFoundException
+ }
+
+ declare soft : ClassNotFoundException : call(* Class.*(..));
+ }
+</programlisting>
+
</sect2>
<sect2>