Overview

AOP allows developers to modularize concerns that affect multiple parts of an application, such as logging, security, or transaction management, without cluttering the core business logic.

Key Concepts

  • Aspect: A modularization of a concern that cuts across multiple objects.
  • Join Point: A point during the execution of a program, such as the execution of a method.
  • Advice: Action taken by an aspect at a particular join point.
  • Pointcut: A predicate that matches join points.

Benefits

  • Cleaner code by removing boilerplate.
  • Improved maintainability through better separation of concerns.

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