Debugging aspects with intellij

Question

I'm experimenting with AspectJ and finding that intellij doen't seem to step into the @Around aspect. For example:

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Test{}

@Aspect
public class TestAspect {
    @Around("execution(@aspects.Test * *(..))")
    public void around(ProceedingJoinPoint point) throws Throwable {
        System.out.println("start1");

        point.proceed();

        System.out.println("end");
    }
}

@Data
public class Library {
    @Test
    public void forceError() {
        System.out.println("running");
    }

    private String foo;
}

And while I can compile and see my comments run in a unit test, I can't debug the aspect.

I've tried both aspect annotation based, and using the aspectJ .aj files with intellij to try and get the Around aspect to debug.

Answer 1

I have the same issue.
My aspectj app works if I run the main class with gradle script(run task of application plugin, namely gradle clean build run -x test), but if I debugging the app by right-clicking Debug 'MyApp.main()' of the context menu of intellij idea, then the aop will not work.

And I find the solution: Setting ->Build,Execution,Deployment ->Build Tools ->Gradle ->Runner -> tick the option Delegate IDE build/run actions to gradle, then try to debug by right-clicking the Debug option of context menu of intellij idea and check the result.

This solution only works for gradle, and I have not tried it with maven.