// before advice and lock public aspect BeforeLock { before(Foo f): lock() && this(f) { System.err.println("before(Foo) lock: advice running at "+thisJoinPoint.getSourceLocation()); } before(): lock() { System.err.println("before() lock: advice running at "+thisJoinPoint.getSourceLocation()); } public static void main(String[] args) { Foo aFoo = new Foo(); aFoo.staticM(); aFoo.nonstaticM(); } static class Foo { public void nonstaticM() { synchronized (this) { System.err.println("non-static method running"); } } public static void staticM() { synchronized (String.class) { System.err.println("static method running"); } } } }