5 Reasons Java Developers Should Learn and Use AspectJ | Linux Today

5 Reasons Java Developers Should Learn and Use AspectJ

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 30, 2011

“Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm
which focuses on modularizing system-level concerns (like logging,
transaction management, security, performance monitoring, etc.) in
the applications. In AOP language, these system-level concerns are
called “crosscutting concerns” because they crosscut all the layers
of the application.

AspectJ, a compatible extension to the Java programming
language, is one implementation of AOP. AspectJ is very widely used
in a lot of Java frameworks (like Spring), but still most
developers do not know AspectJ.</>


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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