How to enable <aop:aspectj-autoproxy> with java-based annotations

Question

I am trying to set up Spring AOP without any XML. I'd like to enable <aop:aspectj-autoproxy> in a class which is annotated with @Configuration.

This is the way it would be defined in an XML-file:

<aop:aspectj-autoproxy> <aop:include name="msgHandlingAspect" /> </aop:aspectj-autoproxy> 

I tried to annotate my class with @Configuration and @EnableAspectJAutoProxy but nothing happened.

Answer 1

Did you create an aspect bean in the same @Configuration class? Here's what the docs suggest:

 @Configuration  @EnableAspectJAutoProxy  public class AppConfig {      @Bean      public FooService fooService() {          return new FooService();      }       @Bean // the Aspect itself must also be a Bean      public MyAspect myAspect() {          return new MyAspect();      }  }