AspectJ: Only Rest mapped endpoints are intercepted, How to intercept internal called method? [duplicate] - aspectj

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Why does self-invocation not work for Spring proxies (e.g. with AOP)?
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I'm trying to intercept a method test() using annotation #Myfinder and return value Result.
#Target(ElementType.METHOD)
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public #interface Myfinder {}
#Aspect
#Component
public class MyAspect {
#AfterReturning(value="#annotation(com.<MypackageHide>.MyFinder)",returning="result")
public void after(JoinPoint joinPoint, Result result) {
//something
}
But it is intercepted only if I call it through rest api /test. I want to intercept even if this method is called from repair() method.
#RequestMapping(path = "/repair")
#RestController
#Configurable
public class MyController {
#PostMapping("")
public ResponseEntity<String> repair() {
//some code
test(); // <=============== not intercepted if i call /repair
return ResponseEntity.ok("dummy");
}
#MyFinder
#PostMapping("/test") // <===== intercepted if i call this independently
public Result test() {
System.out.println("^^^^^^^");
return (Result) null;
}
}
I want this to be called even if I call /repair
I'm fairly new to AOP

Answer 1

Spring AOP works on proxies. Calling test() from repair() is called a self-invocation. Spring AOP will not be able to advice the method call to test() from repair() , as it will not go through the proxy.
Spring reference documentation : Understanding AOP Proxies . Read through the section starting with The key thing to understand here is that the client code inside the main(..)
If you still wants to intercept and advice such a method call , you can autowire the controller instance to the same class as follows. I would recommended you to refactor the code , but to demonstrate the possibility , following code would work.
#RequestMapping(path = "/repair")
#RestController
#Configurable
public class MyController {
#Autowired
MyController self;
#PostMapping("")
public ResponseEntity<String> repair() {
//some code
self.test(); // <=============== self reference
return ResponseEntity.ok("dummy");
}
#MyFinder
#PostMapping("/test") // <===== intercepted if i call this independently
public Result test() {
System.out.println("^^^^^^^");
return (Result) null;
}
}