Validate AspectJ pointcut syntax

Question

As the title suggest, is there any way to validate pointcut syntax using for example annotatoion processor (APT) ?

It is quite easy to get value from @Pointcut(value) using APT ... But after that, there is a problem for me to validate if given String matches the valid syntax for AspectJ weaver ...

I don't think the "recommendation" close vote is justified. The OP is asking how to perform a calculation generally. — chrylis -cautiouslyoptimistic-, Mar 16 '16 at 08:59

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '16 at 15:30

AspectJ includes a type org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.PatternParser. Call the constructor with the text of your pointcut then call getPointcut() to retrieve a pointcut object - it will throw exceptions if there is a problem parsing your input text as a pointcut. However this is purely a syntax check on your text, it does not verify/resolve type references (but you suggest you don't need to go that far). There are resolve methods on the pointcut object if you want to get into resolution.

Validate AspectJ pointcut syntax

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