Remote aspect advising for an aspect-oriented program

A networked computer system comprising:

• a first computer system comprising advice;
• and
• a second computer system coupled to the first computer system, the second computer system comprising a base program that references an aspect that references the advice, the second computer system further comprising a weaving mechanism that determines when the advice is not on the second computer system, and when the advice is not on the second computer system, the weaving mechanism generates remote invocation code that allows accessing the advice on the first computer system, wherein the weaving mechanism accesses the advice on the first computer system and weaves the advice into the base program on the second computer system, wherein the remote invocation code comprises:
• a client stub to handle parameter marshalling and unmarshalling;
• at least one call to the client stub inserted into the base program;
• and
• server code called by the client stub.

A computer-implemented method for weaving advice referenced by an aspect into a base program in a distributed environment, the method comprising the steps of:

• determining whether the advice is local or remote;
• when the advice is remote, generating remote invocation code that allows accessing the advice by performing the steps of:
• generating a client stub to handle parameter marshalling and unmarshalling;
• generating server code that is called by the client stub;
• and
• inserting at least one invocation to the client stub into at least one join point in the base program;
• accessing the advice;
• and
• weaving the advice into the base program.

A computer-readable program product residing on recordable media, the program product comprising:

• a weaving mechanism that determines whether advice referenced by an aspect referenced by a base program is local or remote, and when the advice is remote, the weaving mechanism generates remote invocation code that allows accessing the advice, accesses the advice, and weaves the advice into the base program, wherein the remote invocation code comprises:
• a client stub to handle parameter marshalling and unmarshalling;
• at least one call to the client stub inserted into the base program;
• and
• server code called by the client stub.