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, a join point is a point in the

control flow In computer science, control flow (or flow of control) is the order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated. The emphasis on explicit control flow distinguishes an ''imper ...

of a

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where the control flow can arrive via two different paths. In particular, it's a

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that has more than one predecessor. In

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of join points is called a

pointcut In aspect-oriented programming, a pointcut is a set of join points. Pointcut specifies where exactly to apply advice, which allows separation of concerns and helps in modularizing business logic. Pointcuts are often specified using class names or me ...

. A join point is a specification of when, in the corresponding main program, the

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code should be executed. The join point is a point of execution in the base code where the

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specified in a corresponding

is applied.

References

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See also

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