Advice ordering in the same Aspect

[R. Jain]

I've an aspect class like this:

@Aspect
public class TransactionLoggingAspect  {

	@Around("pointcut_1()")
	public void advice_1(ProceedingJoinPoint proceedingJoinPoint) throws Throwable {
	}
	
	@After("pointcut_1()")
	public void advice_2() {
	}
	
	@Around("pointcut_2()")
	public void advice_3(ProceedingJoinPoint proceedingJoinPoint) throws Throwable {
	}
	
	@After("pointcut_3()")
	public void advice_4() {
	}
}

My concern is what will be the order of execution of those advices? For example, is advice_1() always guaranteed to execute before advice_2(). Note both are on same join point. What about the ones on different join points? advice_2() and advice_3()?

[Jayesh A Lalwani]

The docs say that the ordering of advices in the same aspect is undefined. Which basically means that Spring might change it at any point, and you should reply on Spring's current behavior. If you want to guarantee ordering of advises, you should put them in separate aspects. Aspects can be Ordered.

[R. Jain]

Jayesh A Lalwani wrote:The docs say that the ordering of advices in the same aspect is undefined.

Yeah, but what if the advices are on different join points? The documentation is specifically stressing on same join point.

[Jayesh A Lalwani]

If 2 advices are being woven into differrent functions, then order doesn't matter.

[R. Jain]

So in those cases, the advice would be applied as and when the respective join points are encountered?