Introduction to LangChain: Make AI Smarter and Easier to use

If we want to intercept methods with dynamic pointcut, we need to override matches and getClassFilter methods of DynamicMethodMatcher abstract class. The dynamic pointcut can verify the arguments of the method at runtime. This is a difference with static pointcut.

MyDynamicPointcut.java

package spring.test.aop;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
import org.springframework.aop.support.DynamicMethodMatcherPointcut;

public class MyDynamicPointcut extends DynamicMethodMatcherPointcut {

	@Override
	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
		System.out.println("Dynamic check for " + method.getName());

		if (args.length > 0 && (int) args[0] > 10)
			return true;

		return false;
	}

	@Override
	public ClassFilter getClassFilter() {
		return new ClassFilter() {

			@Override
			public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
				return clazz.equals(MyLogicClass.class);
			}

		};
	}

}

In above dynamic pointcut class, we verify the class name must be MyLogicClass and the value of the first argument in method must larger than 10, otherwise the method will not be intercepted.

MyAroundAdvice.java

package spring.test.aop;

import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;

public class MyAroundAdvice implements MethodInterceptor {

	@Override
	public Object invoke(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable {
		System.out.println(">>>>>> Invoking method "
				+ invocation.getMethod().getName());

		Object result = invocation.proceed();

		System.out.println(">>>>>> Invoked Done");

		return result;
	}

}

We print some message before and after the invocation of method.

MyLogicClass

package spring.test.aop;

public class MyLogicClass {

	public void methodOne() {
		System.out.println("MethodOne is Running");
	}

	public void methodTwo(int x) {
		System.out.println(String.format(
				"MethodTwo is running with argument %s", x));
	}
}

Here, in our logic class, there are two methods, one without argument, another with int type argument. Both method print message in console.

springConfig.xml

<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN"
			"http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">

<beans>
	<bean id="myAroundAdvice" class="spring.test.aop.MyAroundAdvice" />

	<bean id="myLogicClass" class="spring.test.aop.MyLogicClass" />

	<bean id="myDynamicPointcut" class="spring.test.aop.MyDynamicPointcut" />

	<bean id="advisor" class="org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultPointcutAdvisor">
		<property name="pointcut" ref="myDynamicPointcut" />
		<property name="advice" ref="myAroundAdvice" />
	</bean>

	<bean id="proxyFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
		<property name="interceptorNames">
			<list>
				<value>advisor</value>
			</list>
		</property>
		<property name="target" ref="myLogicClass" />
	</bean>
</beans>

Create our MyDynamicPointcut bean and MyAroundAdvice bean and put them into DefaultPointcutAdvisor bean. Finally put the advisor and target class to the ProxyFactoryBean.

App.java

package spring.test.aop;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class App {
	private static ApplicationContext context;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("springConfig.xml");
		
		MyLogicClass proxy = (MyLogicClass) context.getBean("proxyFactoryBean");
		
		proxy.methodOne();
		System.out.println("\n--------------------\n");
		proxy.methodTwo(1);
		System.out.println("\n--------------------\n");
		proxy.methodTwo(11);
	
	}
}

We call the methodTwo twice with different arguments. Let’s see the output.

Dynamic check for methodOne
MethodOne is Running

--------------------

Dynamic check for methodTwo
MethodTwo is running with argument 1

--------------------

Dynamic check for methodTwo
>>>>>> Invoking method methodTwo
MethodTwo is running with argument 11
>>>>>> Invoked Done

You see, only methodTwo with argument 11 (larger than 10) is intercepted.