/** Bugzilla Bug 34206 before():execution(new(..)) does not throw NoAspectBoundException */ public class AspectInitError { public static void main(String[] args) { //Watchcall.aspectOf(); AspectInitError c = new AspectInitError(); } } aspect Watchcall { pointcut myConstructor(): execution(new(..)); before(): myConstructor() { System.err.println("Entering Constructor"); } after(): myConstructor() { System.err.println("Leaving Constructor"); } }