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Getting Started with AJDT
AJDTv1.2.0 M2
Adrian Colyer, August 2003.
Sian January, last updated December 2004.
This
document describes how to get started with the AspectJ Development Tools in
Eclipse. AJDT provides a rich set of features for working with AspectJ programs
inside Eclipse.
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AJDT Highlights:
- Editor support with keyword
highlighting, AspectJ code templates and many of the Java Editor's advanced features.

- Outline view support, which shows structural
members of aspects and decorates advised members with an orange arrow.

- Cross References view that shows relationships
to and from the selected member. Double clicking on one of the endpoints opens
the relevant source in the editor.

- New AspectJ Project wizard,
plus the ability to convert any existing Java or PDE project to work with
AspectJ


- Simple AspectJ cheat sheet to help you get started

- Support for multiple build
configurations within a project

- Context menu actions for easy inclusion and exclusion
of source files and/or packages from build configurations

- Support for aspect libraries
and binary weaving


- New option to show weaving messages
in the problems view. Check the "Output weaving info messages.." option
on the AspectJ project properties page to switch on.

- Powerful Visualiser
that shows the crosscutting impact of your aspects

- Debugging support – step into
and through advice and set breakpoints in aspects.

- Integrated, searchable help for
AspectJ
- Includes the AspectJ 1.2
compiler
Instructions for use: