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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml index ecd73fb7d..d654eb44e 100644 --- a/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml +++ b/docs/progGuideDB/implementation.xml @@ -122,11 +122,18 @@ declared public to be overridden in any subtype or to be called from code in a later compile using the target type as a library. </para> - + <para> Other AspectJ implementations, indeed, future versions of ajc, may define <emphasis>code the implementation controls</emphasis> more - liberally or restrictively. + liberally or restrictively, so long as they comport with the Java + language. For example, the <literal>call</literal> pointcut does + not pick out reflective calls to a method implemented in + <literal>java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Object, Object[])</literal>. + Some suggest that the call "happens" and the call pointcut should + pick it out, but the AspectJ language shouldn't anticipate what happens + in code outside the control of the implementation, even when it + is a a well-defined API in a Java standard library. </para> <para> |