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src/main/java/edu/umd/dawn/common/annotations/AspectBase.java

+package edu.umd.dawn.common.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
+import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
+import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;
+import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.MethodSignature;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * base class for custom aspects for annotations. includes some helper functions
+ */
+@Aspect
+@Component
+public class AspectBase<T extends Annotation> {
+
+    @Pointcut(value = "execution(* *.*(..))")
+    protected void allMethods() {}
+
+    protected String getFullDescriptor(ProceedingJoinPoint jointPoint) {
+        String className = ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getDeclaringTypeName();
+        String methodName =
+                ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getMethod().getName();
+        return className + "." + methodName;
+    }
+
+    protected T grabAnnotation(ProceedingJoinPoint jointPoint, Class<T> clazz) {
+        return ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getMethod().getAnnotation(clazz);
+    }
+
+    protected T grabAnnotationFromClass(ProceedingJoinPoint jointPoint, Class<T> clazz) {
+        return (T)
+                ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getDeclaringType().getAnnotation(clazz);
+    }
+
+    // protected T grabMethodArgument(ProceedingJoinPoint jointPoint, Class<T> clazz) {
+    //     return (T)
+    //             ((MethodSignature) jointPoint.getSignature()).getDeclaringType().getAnnotation(clazz);
+    // }
+}