Unit testing Spring @Around AOP methods

Question

I can unit test most of my Spring classes without needing to do Spring \"stuff\".

I can unit test @Before advice methods without using Spring too:

Example co

Answer 1

You can test a Spring Aspect by creating a proxy programatically:

MyInterface target = new MyClass();
AspectJProxyFactory factory = new AspectJProxyFactory(target);
MyAspect aspect = new MyAspect(arg);
factory.addAspect(aspect);
MyInterface proxy = factory.getProxy();

... then you can call methods on proxy, and make assertions about aspect, proxy and target.