You are of course absolutely right, especially if one isn't lazy enough to get a return from such OO extensions .. but it was intended simply in the spirit of tmt1wtdi - and as a knowledge share.
It seems sad to me that the lead in AOP technique and standards is being driven by the large IDE players, JBoss et al.
That said, I continue to generate 90% of my OO module structure & stubs from templates and XML through my own home-rolled smoke screens ..
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