I have a method that will update a field, but I want to check the value before that method is executed, so I can determine the action (edit/add/delete).
@Before(value = "execution(* com.test.app.*.service.DefaultBirthRegistrationService.updateRegistrationField(..)) && args(referenceNumber, fieldDetails)")
public void assignAction(String referenceNumber, BirthRegistrationField fieldDetails) {
Action action = birthRegistrationService.determineUpdateAction(referenceNumber, fieldDetails, Action.EDITED);
}
Then after the updateRegistrationField() method is succesfully executed I want to log the event, but with the value of action that is set in @Before. I do not want to log the event in case updateRegistrationField() fails. That is why I want to use @AfterReturning. This is the code of @AfterReturning:
@AfterReturning(pointcut = "execution(* com.test.app.*.service.DefaultBirthRegistrationService.updateRegistrationField(..)) && args(referenceNumber, fieldDetails)")
public void editEvent(String referenceNumber, BirthRegistrationField fieldDetails) {
audit(referenceNumber, action, fieldDetails.getName());
}
The variable action, should be the value assigned in @Before.
Is this possible?
I have also looked at using @Around but the problem is that I only want to execute a part of the code before executing the method, and a part of the code after executing the method.
Assuming DefaultBirthRegistrationService.updateRegistrationField() throws exception when the operation fails , following code should work in your case.
@Around(value = "execution(* com.test.app.*.service.DefaultBirthRegistrationService.updateRegistrationField(..)) && args(referenceNumber, fieldDetails)")
public Object assignActionAndAuditEvent(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint,String referenceNumber, BirthRegistrationField fieldDetails) throws Throwable {
Action action = birthRegistrationService.determineUpdateAction(referenceNumber, fieldDetails, Action.EDITED);
Object res = joinPoint.proceed();
audit(referenceNumber, action, fieldDetails.getName());
return res;
}