import org.aspectj.lang.*; public class AfterThrowingAdviceSyntaxError { public static void main(String[] args) { perform(); } private static void perform() { Object nullObj = null; nullObj.toString(); } } aspect ExceptionLoggerAspectV2 { pointcut exceptionLogMethods() : call(* *.*(..)) && !within(ExceptionLoggerAspectV2); after() thowing(Throwable ex) : exceptionLogMethods() { Signature sig = thisJoinPointStaticPart.getSignature(); System.out.printl("WARNING: " + sig.getDeclaringType().getName() + " " + sig.getName() + " " + "Exception logger aspect " + ex); } }