Spring Terminology: PointCut

An Aspect (see previous post on what an Aspect is) need not handle all Join points of an application. A specific Aspect can be made responsible for a subset of Join points. PointCuts are used to define the subset of join points that a given Aspect is responsible for handling. In other words PointCuts defines the join points where the aspect logic is to be applied. This “where” can be defined on specific, explicit class and method names or through regular expressions that apply to classes and method names that match the pattern.