Load-time Weaving Requirements
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## Load-time Weaving Requirements

All load-time weaving is done in the context of a class loader, and hence the set of aspects used for weaving and the types that can be woven are affected by the class loader delegation model. This ensures that LTW complies with the Java 2 security model. The following rules govern the interaction of load-time weaving with class loading:

1. All aspects to be used for weaving must be defined to the weaver before any types to be woven are loaded. This avoids types being "missed" by aspects added later, with the result that invariants across types fail.

2. All aspects visible to the weaver are usable. A visible aspect is one defined by the weaving class loader or one of its parent class loaders. All concrete visible aspects are woven and all abstract visible aspects may be extended.

3. A class loader may only weave classes that it defines. It may not weave classes loaded by a delegate or parent class loader.

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