= The AspectJ^TM^ 5 Development Kit Developer's Notebook

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_by the AspectJ Team_

_Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Contributors. All rights reserved._

This guide describes the changes to the AspectJ language in AspectJ 5. These include support for Java 5 features,
support for an annotation-based development style for aspects and new reflection and tools APIs. If you are new to
AspectJ, we recommend you start by reading the programming guide.

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include::joinpointsignatures.adoc[Join Point Signatures]

include::annotations.adoc[Annotations]

include::generics.adoc[Generics]

include::autoboxing.adoc[Autoboxing and Unboxing]

include::covariance.adoc[Covariance]

include::varargs.adoc[Varargs]

include::enumeratedtypes.adoc[Enumerated Types]

include::pertypewithin.adoc[The `pertypewithin` Aspect Instantiation Model]

include::ataspectj.adoc[An Annotation Based Development Style]

include::reflection.adoc[New Reflection Interfaces]

include::miscellaneous.adoc[Other Changes in AspectJ 5]

include::ltw.adoc[Load-Time Weaving]

include::grammar.adoc[A Grammar for the AspectJ 5 Language]
