Incorrect Spring AOP advice or advisor element

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports incorrect advices and advisor elements if there are no pointcut or pointcut-ref attributes.

Example:

<beans>
    <aop:config>
      <aop:pointcut id="zzz" expression="args()"/>
        <aop:aspect ref="xxx">
            <aop:before method="writeArg1" pointcut="execution(* *(String))"/>
            <aop:after method="aaa" pointcut-ref="zzz"/>
            <aop:after-throwing method="aaa"/> <!--Either 'pointcut' or 'pointcut-ref' attribute must be defined -->
       </aop:aspect>
    </aop:config>
</beans>

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SpringAopErrorsInspection
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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Spring, 243.23126