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Context: Points in groups
Specialized tracing
Task: Pass the suite tests.PointGroupLog.
Write an aspect to log whenever a Point is added to a Group. Note that this requires a dynamic instanceof test, because in principle any figure element can be added to a group. The log message should simply be:
adding Point
args primitive pointcut. Besides exposing context objects, this, target and args can also be used to include a dynamic type test in the pointcut.
With your aspect you should be able to pass the tests of suite tests.PointGroupLog.
Extension to invariant checking
Task: Pass the suite tests.PointGroupInvariant.
Add similar advice to ensure that a Point is never added to more than one Group. If this invariant is violated, the advice should throw an IllegalStateException that uses the string representation of the first group as its message.
Take a look a the implementation of the test case to see what is precisely expected.
Group with each Point object. Check and set this field from the advice.
After you have completed the exercise, remove your aspect from the build path; then return to the Overview.