Spring AOP - why do i need aspectjweaver?

Question

i wrote a very simple Aspect with Spring AOP. It works, but i have some problems understanding what is really going on. I don\'t understand why i have to add the aspectjweav

Answer 1

Spring AOP implementation I think is reusing some classes from the aspectj-weaver. It still uses dynamic proxies - doesn't do byte code modification.

The following comment from the spring forum might clarify.

Spring isn't using the AspectJ weaver in this case. It is simply reusing some of the classes from aspectjweaver.jar.

-Ramnivas