Creating Aspects
IntelliJ IDEA lets you create aspects in two forms: as .aj
files and .java
files containing classes annotated with @Aspect
.
Note that by the time you start to create your aspects, you must have already enabled the AspectJ support plugins and defined aspectjrt.jar as a library.
Creating an aspect
- In the Project Tool Window, do one of the following:
- Select your source directory or the package in which you want to create a new aspect, and select File | New.
- Select the source directory or package, and press Alt+Insert.
- Right-click the source directory or package to open the context menu, and select New.
- Select Aspect.
- In the dialog that opens:
- Specify the name of the aspect in the Name field.
- Select one of the following options from the Kind list:
- Aspect to create a
.aj
file with the specified name. - @Aspect to create a
.java
file containing a class annotated with@Aspect
.
- Aspect to create a
- Click OK.
Last modified: 24 July 2018