= The AspectJ^TM^ Programming Guide
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_by the AspectJ Team_

_Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Xerox Corporation, 2002 Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated, 2003-2005 Contributors.
All rights reserved._

This programming guide describes the AspectJ language. A companion guide describes the tools which are part of the
AspectJ development environment.

* If you are completely new to AspectJ, please read the xref:gettingstarted.adoc#starting[getting started] chapter for a
  broad overview of AspectJ programming.
* If you are already familiar with AspectJ, but want a deeper understanding, you can learn more about the
  xref:language.adoc#language[AspectJ language] and look at the examples in the chapter.
* If you want a more formal definition of AspectJ, please refer to the xref:semantics.adoc#semantics[language semantics]
  section.

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include::preface.adoc[Preface]

include::gettingstarted.adoc[Getting Started with AspectJ]

include::language.adoc[The AspectJ Language]

include::examples.adoc[Examples]

include::idioms.adoc[Idioms]

include::pitfalls.adoc[Pitfalls]

include::quickreference.adoc[AspectJ Quick Reference]

include::semantics.adoc[Language Semantics]

include::implementation.adoc[Implementation Notes]