# The AspectJTM Programming Guide

the AspectJ Team

Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Xerox Corporation, 2002-2003 Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated. All rights reserved.

This programming guide describes the AspectJ language. A companion guide describes the tools which are part of the AspectJ development environment.

If you are completely new to AspectJ, you should first read for a broad overview of programming in AspectJ. If you are already familiar with AspectJ, but want a deeper understanding, you should read and look at the examples in the chapter. If you want a more formal definition of AspectJ, you should read .

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