How to intercept each method call within given method using Spring AOP or AspectJ

Question

 class Test {

@override
public String a(){
b();
d();
}


private String b() {
c();
}

private String c(){
d();
}
private String d(){}

}

I want to

Answer 1

In order to

• weave into private methods,
• handle self-invocation within one class,
• dynamically determine control flow and limit interception to only methods called directly or indirectly by your interface method

you need to switch from Spring AOP (proxy-based, many limitations, slow) to AspectJ using LTW (load-time weaving) as described in the Spring manual.

Here is an example in pure AspectJ (no Spring, Just Java SE) which you can easily adapt to your needs:

Sample interface

package de.scrum_master.app;

public interface TextTransformer {
  String transform(String text);
}

Class implementing interface incl. main method:

As you can see, I made up an example like yours and also made the methods spend time in order to have something to measure in the aspect later:

package de.scrum_master.app;

public class Application implements TextTransformer {
  @Override
  public String transform(String text) {
    String geekSpelling;
    try {
      geekSpelling = toGeekSpelling(text);
      return toUpperCase(geekSpelling);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }

  }

  private String toGeekSpelling(String text) throws InterruptedException {
    Thread.sleep(100);
    return replaceVovels(text).replaceAll("[lL]", "1");
  }

  private String replaceVovels(String text) throws InterruptedException {
    Thread.sleep(75);
    return text.replaceAll("[oO]", "0").replaceAll("[eE]", "Ɛ");
  }

  private String toUpperCase(String text) throws InterruptedException {
    Thread.sleep(50);
    return text.toUpperCase();
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
    System.out.println(new Application().transform("Hello world!"));
  }
}

Aspect:

package de.scrum_master.aspect;

import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Around;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import static java.lang.System.currentTimeMillis;

@Aspect
public class TimingAspect {
  @Around("execution(* *(..)) && cflow(execution(* de.scrum_master.app.TextTransformer.*(..)))")
  public Object measureExecutionTime(ProceedingJoinPoint thisJoinPoint) throws Throwable {
    long startTime = currentTimeMillis();
    Object result = thisJoinPoint.proceed();
    System.out.println(thisJoinPoint + " -> " + (currentTimeMillis() - startTime) + " ms");
    return result;
  }
}

Console log:

execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.replaceVovels(String)) -> 75 ms
execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.toGeekSpelling(String)) -> 189 ms
execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.toUpperCase(String)) -> 63 ms
execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.transform(String)) -> 252 ms
HƐ110 W0R1D!

You can also exclude the transform(..) method by just changing the pointcut from cflow() to cflowbelow():

@Around("execution(* *(..)) && cflowbelow(execution(* de.scrum_master.app.TextTransformer.*(..)))")

Then the console log is just:

execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.replaceVovels(String)) -> 77 ms
execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.toGeekSpelling(String)) -> 179 ms
execution(String de.scrum_master.app.Application.toUpperCase(String)) -> 62 ms
HƐ110 W0R1D!

I hope this is what you wanted. It is hard to tell because your description is somewhat ambiguous. BTW, please do read an AspectJ and/or Spring AOP manual.