Aspect Oriented Programming: What do you use PostSharp for?

Question

I would like to ask users of the AOP framework Postsharp, what specifically are you using the framework for?

Also, I know it's use has a big negative impact on build times, but how about runtime performace? Is there much of a hit?

Thanks,

S

Blowtube

Seems to me like this is a dupe of #880363 – Sexlimited

@Ngu Similar - but I want to ask it from a .net perspective (which postsharp is) - some of the uses in other languages (e.g. for observer in Java) are not relevant for .net – Blowtube

Answer 1

I use it to remove the property name smell from INotifyPropertyChanged methods, and it hasn't hugely affected runtime performance.

Amathist

Can you provide an example please ? – Sputnik

postsharp.org/blog/… gives you an idea of what I'm talking about. – Amathist

Answer 2

I use the compile time weaving to add extra functionality to some methods that have been decorated with a certain attribute.

Like here.

Edison

Answer 3

In short, it makes development faster, code more maintainable and easier to understand. There doesn't have to be a performance hit when you are willing to put in the effort.

Seagirt

Answer 4

We use it to inject our own aspects (persistent property accessors, construction notifiers, session & transaction activators, etc.) in DataObjects.Net.

Donau