Using AspectJ/AJDT in RAD 7.5.5

Question

I'm using RAD 7.5.5. I installed AJDT plugin from the download site: http://archive.eclipse.org/tools/ajdt/34/update/

I converted one of the existing Java projects to an AspectJ project, added an aspect to print log statements on method start and end of a methodA(), rebuilt the project and deployed.

I'm getting the below exception when methodA() is called:

Exception thrown : java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org/aspectj/runtime/reflect/Factory.makeMethodSig(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Lorg/aspectj/lang/reflect/MethodSignature;

I googled and found this could be caused because of an older version of aspectjrt.jar. But RAD extends Eclipse 3.4 and hence I added the version of AJDT plugin that is compatible with Eclipse 3.4 (/RAD 7.5.5). Any pointers to what could be the problem?

Answer 1

Make sure that aspectjrt.jar is on your classpath. Also, make sure that it is the aspectjrt.jar that comes with AJDT.