AJDEE 1.1b2 User's Guide

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This guide describes AspectJ-mode extensions of JDEE for GNU Emacs and XEmacs, which provides enhanced editing and management of AspectJ code via a minor mode extension of JDEE mode. AJDEE's AspectJ support builds on aspectj-mode's extension of java-mode, also provided with the release. Included in this document are guidance for AJDEE's use, including an exploration of spacewar, and installation and compatibility. For more information on AspectJ, see http://eclipse.org/aspectj. See the README file in AJDEE's distribution directory for release-specific details.

In addition to the java-mode extensions provided by aspectj-mode, AJDEE provides (see graphic):

AJDEE Features and Usage

The AJDEE extensions of JDEE require no special effort to use. The speedbar and Classes menus provide additional sublists showing crosscutting structure. Selecting items in those lists navigates to the referenced item.

Aspect Structure and Navigation

Enhancements to Speedbar in JDEE Mode

As a minor mode of JDEE mode, AJDEE enhances the speedbar to show the location of aspect, advice, and inter-type declarations. The affects/affected-by relationships are shown in the speedbar rather than embedding tags in the text (available as an option), and selecting the items in the speedbar will perform the expected navigation. The speedbar symbols have been extended for AspectJ as follows (see right side of figure):

Table 2. Enhancements to Speedbar in JDEE Mode

IndicationMeaning
(+) name A class, interface, or aspect; double mouse-1 will display its declarations
+ methodSignature Method has an advice that applies to it; double mouse-1 will display the relevant advice.
+ adviceSignature Advice declared by the containing aspect; double mouse-1 will display affected methods.
+ introductionSig Inter-type declaration declared by the containing class; double mouse-1 will display affected methods or classes.
| | methodOrFieldSig Method or field has been declared by an aspect; double mouse-1 on text will navigate to the declaration; a + within the bars means that it has an advice that applies to it.

A minus (-) is displayed on the item when the crosscutting items are displayed. AspectJ structure information is derived from the last compile of your AspectJ program.

Compilation and JavaDoc

The option AspectJ Compile File Specification can be customized from the Customize options under the AspectJ menu, changing the default compile specification given to ajc. See installation instructions for examples and other customizations.

AspectJ JavaDoc support is not available yet in 1.1.

Exploring the Spacewar Source Code

To begin exploring Spacewar within emacs using JDEE and AspectJ mode:

Installation and Compatibility

AJDEE requires the installation of JDEE 2.2.9beta4 or higher and small edits to your .emacs file to configure AJDEE and enable autoloading AJDEE when a .java file is loaded.

Installation for enhancement of JDEE mode

The first and last steps, with enhancements, can be found in the example Emacs initialization file sample.emacs and the sample JDEE project file sample.prj in the distribution. The latter also demonstrates a way to enable AspectJ mode on a per-project basis.

  1. Make sure AJDEE , aspectj-mode, JDE, and supporting packages are on your load-path and are ``required''. This is an example for the 1.0 release:

        	  ;; I keep my emacs packages in C:/Emacs
        	  (setq load-path
        	  (append
    	   '(
    	    "C:/Emacs/aspectj-emacsMode-1.0"	; for AJDEE 
    	    "C:/Emacs/aspectj-emacsAJDEE -1.0"
    	    "C:/Emacs/jde-2.2.9beta6/lisp"
    	    "C:/Emacs/elib-1.0"			; for JDEE 
    	    "C:/Emacs/speedbar-0.14beta2"	; for JDEE 
    	    "C:/Emacs/semantic-1.4beta12"	; for JDEE /speedbar
    	    "C:/Emacs/eieio-0.17beta3"		; for JDEE 
    	    )
    	   load-path))
    
        	  (require 'jde)
        	  (require 'ajdee) ; can also appear in prj.el

  2. [Optional] add -emacssym switch to the ajc and ajc.bat files in your AspectJ tools installations (in the /bin directory). If you invoke the compiler outside Emacs, this will ensure that your compiles always generate information for annotations and the jump menu in the form of .ajesym files.

  3. Customize AJDEE 's compile options by putting a version of the following in your .emacs file or in a JDEE project file prj.el in your project's hierarchy (see the JDEE Project File Name option for the latter). Here is a simple example:

        	  ;; A default version for simple projects, maybe good for
        	  ;;; .emacs file.
        	  (custom-set-variables
        	  '(jde-compiler '("ajc" "ajc"))
        	  '(jde-javadoc-command-path "ajdoc")
    
        	  ;; ajc requires all files to be named for a compile
        	  '(aspectj-compile-file-specification "*.java"))
    Here is an example for spacewar, in examples/spacewar.
        	  ;;; These options are for the spacewar, in examples/spacewar.
        	  (custom-set-variables
        	  '(jde-compiler '("ajc" "ajc"))
        	  '(jde-javadoc-command-path "ajdoc")
    
        	  ;; ajc provides an ``argfile'' mechanism for specifying all files.
        	  '(aspectj-compile-file-specification "-argfile demo.lst")
    
        	  ;; *if* compiling packages, name root dir for package hierarchy
        	  ;; to tell ajc where .class files should go.
        	  '(jde-compile-option-directory "..")
        	  '(jde-run-working-directory ".."))
        	  '(jde-run-application-class "spacewar.Game")

  4. [XEmacs only] If you're installing JDE yourself, be sure to closely follow the JDEE installation directions for XEmacs, otherwise you may get out of date JDE .jar files.

Customizing Options

Selecting Customize options from the AspectJ menu displays a number of options that customize AspectJ mode. These control whether annotations are shown by default, and whether the bovinator set up by JDEE runs. AspectJ Compile File Specification, specifies a compilation argument as an alternative to the current buffer's file or the run class's file. Example customizations are shown above and in the sample files discussed above.

Usage and Upgrade Problems

Please see the documentation for aspectj-mode for problems not specific to AJDEE 's features.