/** * Core Spring AOP interfaces, built on AOP Alliance AOP interoperability interfaces. * * <p>Any AOP Alliance MethodInterceptor is usable in Spring. * * <br>Spring AOP also offers: * <ul> * <li>Introduction support * <li>A Pointcut abstraction, supporting "static" pointcuts * (class and method-based) and "dynamic" pointcuts (also considering method arguments). * There are currently no AOP Alliance interfaces for pointcuts. * <li>A full range of advice types, including around, before, after returning and throws advice. * <li>Extensibility allowing arbitrary custom advice types to * be plugged in without modifying the core framework. * </ul> * * <p>Spring AOP can be used programmatically or (preferably) * integrated with the Spring IoC container. */ package org.springframework.aop;