// Simple - don't attempt to alter target for proceed, just change the arg import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint; import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.*; @Aspect public class A1 { @Around("call(void M.method(String)) && args(p)") public void a( ProceedingJoinPoint pjp, String p) throws Throwable { System.err.println("advice from ataj aspect"); pjp.proceed( new Object[] { "faked" } ); } public static void main(String []argv) { M.main(argv); } } class M { String prefix; public M(String prefix) { this.prefix = prefix; } public static void main( String[] args ) { M m = new M(">"); m.method("real"); } public void method(String s) { System.err.println(s); } }