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Bug 357013

Summary:	it would be nice to express != constraints in annotation value matching
Product:	[Tools] AspectJ	Reporter:	Andrew Clement <aclement>
Component:	Compiler	Assignee:	aspectj inbox <aspectj-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3
Version:	DEVELOPMENT
Target Milestone:	1.6.12
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Andrew Clement

2011-09-07 17:28:29 EDT

This would be nice:

get(@Anno(value!=5) * *)

which would match gets of fields i and k here:

@Anno(value=4)
int i

@Anno(value=5)
int j

@Anno(value=6)
int k

Comment 1 Andrew Clement

2011-09-08 11:48:11 EDT

implemented.  In order to not create problems with changing the serialized form, the internal structures suffix the key name with a '!' when a != check is being made.