How Do I Use AspectJ (Post-Compile Weaving) With Spring Boot In A Gradle Project?

[SmushyTaco]

Here's my build.gradle.kts:

plugins {
    java
    id("org.springframework.boot")
    id("io.spring.dependency-management")
    id("io.freefair.lombok")
    id("io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving")
}
base.archivesName.set(property("name") as String)
group = property("group") as String
version = property("version") as String
repositories { mavenCentral() }
dependencies {
    implementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-validation")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-web")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-log4j2")
    implementation("org.springframework", "spring-aspects")
    implementation("org.aspectj", "aspectjtools")
    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-test")
    developmentOnly("org.springframework.boot" , "spring-boot-devtools")
    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok" , "lombok")
    runtimeOnly("org.aspectj", "aspectjweaver")
    runtimeOnly("org.aspectj", "aspectjrt")
    runtimeOnly("com.h2database", "h2")
}
configurations {
    all {
        exclude("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-logging")
        exclude("org.springframework.boot", "spring-aop")
    }
}
tasks {
    val javaVersion = JavaVersion.toVersion((property("java_version") as String).toInt())
    java {
        toolchain { languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion.toString())) }
        sourceCompatibility = javaVersion
        targetCompatibility = javaVersion
    }
    withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
        options.encoding = "UTF-8"
        sourceCompatibility = javaVersion.toString()
        targetCompatibility = javaVersion.toString()
        options.release.set(javaVersion.toString().toInt())
    }
    withType<JavaExec>().configureEach { defaultCharacterEncoding = "UTF-8" }
    withType<Javadoc>().configureEach { options.encoding = "UTF-8" }
    withType<Test>().configureEach {
        defaultCharacterEncoding = "UTF-8"
        useJUnitPlatform()
    }
}

My settings.gradle.kts:

rootProject.name = settings.extra["name"] as String
pluginManagement {
    plugins {
        id("org.springframework.boot").version(settings.extra["spring_boot_version"] as String)
        id("io.spring.dependency-management").version(settings.extra["spring_dependency_management_version"] as String)
        id("io.freefair.lombok").version(settings.extra["lombok_version"] as String)
        id("io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving").version(settings.extra["aspectj_version"] as String)
    }
}

My gradle.properties:

##########################################################################
# Standard Properties
org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx1G
org.gradle.warning.mode = all
##########################################################################
# Maven Properties
group = com.example
name = demo
version = 1.0.0
##########################################################################
# Dependency Versions
# Check this on https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.springframework.boot/
spring_boot_version = 3.2.2
# Check this on https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.spring.dependency-management/
spring_dependency_management_version = 1.1.4
# Check this on https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.freefair.lombok/
lombok_version = 8.6
# Check this on https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.freefair.aspectj.post-compile-weaving/
aspectj_version = 8.6
# Check this on https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/
java_version = 21
##########################################################################

My ApplicationConfiguration.java:

package com.example.demo.configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AdviceMode;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
@Configuration
@EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ)
@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
public class ApplicationConfiguration {}

My application.properties:

##########################################################################
# H2 Properties
spring.h2.console.enabled = true
spring.h2.console.path = /h2-console
##########################################################################
# Thymeleaf Mode
spring.thymeleaf.mode = HTML
##########################################################################
# Datasource Properties
spring.datasource.url = jdbc:h2:file:./spring-boot-h2-db
spring.datasource.username = sa
spring.datasource.password =
##########################################################################
# JPA Properties
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update
spring.jpa.show-sql = true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql = true
##########################################################################
# Logging Properties
logging.level.root = INFO
logging.file.name = app.log
##########################################################################
# Explicitly enabled to suppress warning.
spring.jpa.open-in-view = false
##########################################################################

I've configured all of this to try to use AspectJ (Post-Compile Weaving) but it doesn't seem to be using it. I know it isn't using it off of logs like:

TRACE 19876 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] o.s.t.i.TransactionInterceptor           : Getting transaction for [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.findAll]
TRACE 19876 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] o.s.t.i.TransactionInterceptor           : Completing transaction for [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.SimpleJpaRepository.findAll]

Which indicate Spring is still managing transactions for my JPA repository operations. I have no idea what I need to change to get this to work. Any help is greatly appreciated.

My JVM Command Line is:

"C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-21.0.2.13-hotspot\bin\java.exe" -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -Dspring.output.ansi.enabled=always -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dspring.jmx.enabled=true -Dspring.liveBeansView.mbeanDomain -Dspring.application.admin.enabled=true "-Dmanagement.endpoints.jmx.exposure.include=*" "-javaagent:C:\Users\organ\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate\lib\idea_rt.jar=55498:C:\Users\organ\AppData\Local\Programs\IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate\bin" -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stderr.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath C:\Users\organ\Documents\GitHub\d287-java-frameworks\build\classes\java\main;C:\Users\organ\Documents\GitHub\d287-java-frameworks\build\resources\main;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-data-jpa\3.2.2\65cf3aad09f0218b7dfab849c9b0350d0a9e0d81\spring-boot-starter-data-jpa-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf\3.2.2\d1895c9a600547d53dddfff7c57ab7838df5d65\spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-validation\3.2.2\faedd363ffbafde6a23bc7183ce79de11a96e780\spring-boot-starter-validation-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-web\3.2.2\b89d213d9f49c3e6247b2503ac7d94b0ac8260f6\spring-boot-starter-web-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-log4j2\3.2.2\6e50d4aa3f04ef3558f61ad27de74682d86e2b1d\spring-boot-starter-log4j2-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-aspects\6.1.3\c8b5dde3568dc5df6109916d8ad4866efe4e61fd\spring-aspects-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.aspectj\aspectjtools\1.9.21\69398b11d6f9c4e6ec8892f706113859ad6202e\aspectjtools-1.9.21.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.projectlombok\lombok\1.18.30\f195ee86e6c896ea47a1d39defbe20eb59cd149d\lombok-1.18.30.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-aop\3.2.2\f01ecef0ce5f8d5631890a0c456a88a72323b569\spring-boot-starter-aop-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-jdbc\3.2.2\22ffda6938dca5f584c8b1b64e4e9096e8302c1e\spring-boot-starter-jdbc-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.hibernate.orm\hibernate-core\6.4.1.Final\3dcefddf6609e6491d37208bcc0cab1273598cbd\hibernate-core-6.4.1.Final.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.data\spring-data-jpa\3.2.2\f91a3896c2a6139ac1da1fd8ff4350ca4b0e409e\spring-data-jpa-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter\3.2.2\dc04714f9295297f92fa8099eb51edc54dbe67db\spring-boot-starter-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.thymeleaf\thymeleaf-spring6\3.1.2.RELEASE\6030c7b4e260c41336f378e53da6e8531263f24b\thymeleaf-spring6-3.1.2.RELEASE.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.tomcat.embed\tomcat-embed-el\10.1.18\b2c4dc05abd363c63b245523bb071727aa2f1046\tomcat-embed-el-10.1.18.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.hibernate.validator\hibernate-validator\8.0.1.Final\e49e116b3d3928060599b176b3538bb848718e95\hibernate-validator-8.0.1.Final.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-json\3.2.2\328f5ce9e10d5f90520e72a3ff8a2586b9e46b37\spring-boot-starter-json-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-starter-tomcat\3.2.2\e22a0ba37910731b382f3fe47ad36aed20fad24d\spring-boot-starter-tomcat-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-webmvc\6.1.3\f4738a57787add6567e0679eebb1b499a11019cc\spring-webmvc-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-web\6.1.3\cc3459b4abd436331608ddb6424886875f7086ab\spring-web-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-slf4j2-impl\2.21.1\77d14bb4ef6487833652c443dd7d264e26e2e968\log4j-slf4j2-impl-2.21.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-core\2.21.1\eba8eac8d464791c84e4bafa0fea7cdf7113168\log4j-core-2.21.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-jul\2.21.1\70b87f59c89cc1c0b1136443a70091c82127a4c1\log4j-jul-2.21.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.aspectj\aspectjweaver\1.9.21\beaabaea95c7f3330f415c72ee0ffe79b51d172f\aspectjweaver-1.9.21.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-aop\6.1.3\4d9bd4bd9b8bedf9ef151b45c79766b336117b9a\spring-aop-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.zaxxer\HikariCP\5.0.1\a74c7f0a37046846e88d54f7cb6ea6d565c65f9c\HikariCP-5.0.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-jdbc\6.1.3\be4b30cc956b26f13e04ccadc2b0575038c531bb\spring-jdbc-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.persistence\jakarta.persistence-api\3.1.0\66901fa1c373c6aff65c13791cc11da72060a8d6\jakarta.persistence-api-3.1.0.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.transaction\jakarta.transaction-api\2.0.1\51a520e3fae406abb84e2e1148e6746ce3f80a1a\jakarta.transaction-api-2.0.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-context\6.1.3\c63f038933701058fd7578460c66dbe2d424915\spring-context-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-orm\6.1.3\98572e26c6d011c9710545085358a4e35e27649\spring-orm-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.data\spring-data-commons\3.2.2\9b0b0f5f5bc793463a81171d6889809abc14b19b\spring-data-commons-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-tx\6.1.3\7750337bf46a2ff248685915c7cc88d3bef2f666\spring-tx-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-beans\6.1.3\c2df4210e796d3a27efc1f22621aa4e2c6cd985f\spring-beans-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-core\6.1.3\a002e96e780954cc3ac4cd70fd3bb16accdc47ed\spring-core-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.antlr\antlr4-runtime\4.13.0\5a02e48521624faaf5ff4d99afc88b01686af655\antlr4-runtime-4.13.0.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.annotation\jakarta.annotation-api\2.1.1\48b9bda22b091b1f48b13af03fe36db3be6e1ae3\jakarta.annotation-api-2.1.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.slf4j\slf4j-api\2.0.11\ad96c3f8cf895e696dd35c2bc8e8ebe710be9e6d\slf4j-api-2.0.11.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-autoconfigure\3.2.2\5c407409f8d260a4bc6e173d16fc3b36e6adec21\spring-boot-autoconfigure-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot\3.2.2\9f274d1bd822c4c57bb5b37ecae2380b980f567\spring-boot-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.yaml\snakeyaml\2.2\3af797a25458550a16bf89acc8e4ab2b7f2bfce0\snakeyaml-2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.thymeleaf\thymeleaf\3.1.2.RELEASE\273997509a4c7aef86cee0521750140c587d9be2\thymeleaf-3.1.2.RELEASE.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.validation\jakarta.validation-api\3.0.2\92b6631659ba35ca09e44874d3eb936edfeee532\jakarta.validation-api-3.0.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.jboss.logging\jboss-logging\3.5.3.Final\c88fc1d8a96d4c3491f55d4317458ccad53ca663\jboss-logging-3.5.3.Final.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml\classmate\1.6.0\91affab6f84a2182fce5dd72a8d01bc14346dddd\classmate-1.6.0.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype\jackson-datatype-jsr310\2.15.3\4a20a0e104931bfa72f24ef358c2eb63f1ef2aaf\jackson-datatype-jsr310-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.module\jackson-module-parameter-names\2.15.3\8d251b90c5358677e7d8161e0c2488e6f84f49da\jackson-module-parameter-names-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype\jackson-datatype-jdk8\2.15.3\80158cb020c7bd4e4ba94d8d752a65729dc943b2\jackson-datatype-jdk8-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.core\jackson-databind\2.15.3\a734bc2c47a9453c4efa772461a3aeb273c010d9\jackson-databind-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.tomcat.embed\tomcat-embed-websocket\10.1.18\83a3bc6898f2ceed2357ba231a5e83dc2016d454\tomcat-embed-websocket-10.1.18.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.tomcat.embed\tomcat-embed-core\10.1.18\bff6c34649d1dd7b509e819794d73ba795947dcf\tomcat-embed-core-10.1.18.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-expression\6.1.3\7c35fc3d7525a024fdde8a5d7597a6a8a4e59d7\spring-expression-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\io.micrometer\micrometer-observation\1.12.2\e082b05a2527fc24ea6fbe4c4b7ae34653aace81\micrometer-observation-1.12.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.apache.logging.log4j\log4j-api\2.21.1\74c65e87b9ce1694a01524e192d7be989ba70486\log4j-api-2.21.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework\spring-jcl\6.1.3\a715e091ee86243ee94534a03f3c26b4e48de31e\spring-jcl-6.1.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.attoparser\attoparser\2.0.7.RELEASE\e5d0e988d9124139d645bb5872b24dfa23e283cc\attoparser-2.0.7.RELEASE.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.unbescape\unbescape\1.1.6.RELEASE\7b90360afb2b860e09e8347112800d12c12b2a13\unbescape-1.1.6.RELEASE.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.core\jackson-annotations\2.15.3\79baf4e605eb3bbb60b1c475d44a7aecceea1d60\jackson-annotations-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.fasterxml.jackson.core\jackson-core\2.15.3\60d600567c1862840397bf9ff5a92398edc5797b\jackson-core-2.15.3.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\io.micrometer\micrometer-commons\1.12.2\b44127d8ec7b3ef11a01912d1e6474e1167f3929\micrometer-commons-1.12.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.springframework.boot\spring-boot-devtools\3.2.2\5d4ce10e0c8d4a6cc040a1836280f379893a8213\spring-boot-devtools-3.2.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.aspectj\aspectjrt\1.9.21\4f22793b96d0298b880471aae06ecdbd4393d493\aspectjrt-1.9.21.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.h2database\h2\2.2.224\7bdade27d8cd197d9b5ce9dc251f41d2edc5f7ad\h2-2.2.224.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.hibernate.common\hibernate-commons-annotations\6.0.6.Final\77a5f94b56d49508e0ee334751db5b78e5ccd50c\hibernate-commons-annotations-6.0.6.Final.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\io.smallrye\jandex\3.1.2\a6c1c89925c7df06242b03dddb353116ceb9584c\jandex-3.1.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\net.bytebuddy\byte-buddy\1.14.11\725602eb7c8c56b51b9c21f273f9df5c909d9e7d\byte-buddy-1.14.11.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.glassfish.jaxb\jaxb-runtime\4.0.4\7180c50ef8bd127bb1dd645458b906cffcf6c2b5\jaxb-runtime-4.0.4.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.xml.bind\jakarta.xml.bind-api\4.0.1\ca2330866cbc624c7e5ce982e121db1125d23e15\jakarta.xml.bind-api-4.0.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.inject\jakarta.inject-api\2.0.1\4c28afe1991a941d7702fe1362c365f0a8641d1e\jakarta.inject-api-2.0.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.glassfish.jaxb\jaxb-core\4.0.4\2d5aadd02af86f1e9d8c6f7e8501673f915d4e25\jaxb-core-4.0.4.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\jakarta.activation\jakarta.activation-api\2.1.2\640c0d5aff45dbff1e1a1bc09673ff3a02b1ba12\jakarta.activation-api-2.1.2.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.eclipse.angus\angus-activation\2.0.1\eaafaf4eb71b400e4136fc3a286f50e34a68ecb7\angus-activation-2.0.1.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\org.glassfish.jaxb\txw2\4.0.4\cfd2bcf08782673ac370694fdf2cf76dbaa607ef\txw2-4.0.4.jar;C:\Users\organ\.gradle\caches\modules-2\files-2.1\com.sun.istack\istack-commons-runtime\4.1.2\18ec117c85f3ba0ac65409136afa8e42bc74e739\istack-commons-runtime-4.1.2.jar com.example.demo.DemoApplication