Allow for a more generic definition of aspects

[Philippe Soares]

Hi, In the current dojox/lang/aspect package it's possible to define an aspect like this :

aop.advise(object, [/^set/, "update"], logCall);

However, in dojo/aspect, we can only pass a method name to be advised, like :

aspect.after(dojo, "xhr", function(deferred){...});

It would be nice if we could retrieve the dojox functionality in dojo/aspect.

If possible, the first parameter (the object containing the advised function) should also be configurable through an array of objects, object names, or regular expressions.

Indeed, how can I currently do things like : "Run foo() before any function whose name starts with "get" on any object ?

Something like this could be nice :

aspect.after([/.*/], ["xhr", /^get/], function(deferred){...});

or

aspect.after(["dijit/form"], ["startup", "postConstruct"], function(deferred){...});

Sorry if any of this is already possible. I didn't try, but the documentation makes me think that it is not...

[bill]

I've been putting aspect bugs under the "Events" category although one could argue definitions.

(Whether or not we want this new functionality in core is a separate question though.)

[dylan]

Given that no one has shown interest in creating a patch in the past 3+ years, I'm closing this as patchwelcome.