// "no XLint warning: thisJoinPoint not lazy (no if PCD) but would have been stopped anyway by around advice" public aspect Scenario3 { public static boolean enabled = true; pointcut toBeTraced() : execution(* main(..)); Object around() : toBeTraced() { //Object[] args = thisJoinPoint.getArgs(); return proceed(); } before () : toBeTraced(){ // no if condition so tjp not made lazily Object[] args = thisJoinPoint.getArgs(); // tjp not made lazily System.out.println(thisJoinPoint + ", arg's: " + args.length); } } class Test{ static void main(String [] args){ } }