AspectJ: Issue on Weblogic 12 - java-8

Question

I worked on a Java EE application with following configs:
JDK 1.7
AspectJ 1.7
Weblogic 12.1.3
However, after upgrading the configs to followings, all aspects with "call" wildcards have not worked properly and as a result, no joinpoints, which already hit, can be touched, now:
JDK Verion: 1.8.0_66
AspectJ Version: 1.8.7
Application Server: Weblogic 12.2.1
The aspect snippet is as follows:
#Before("call(public * com.gam.commons.core.api.services.Service+.(..)) && within(com.gam.calendar.biz.service.internal.impl.)")
public void handle(JoinPoint thisJoinPoint) {
Class declaringType = thisJoinPoint.getSignature().getDeclaringType();
if (declaringType.isInterface()) {
UserProfileTO userProfileTO = ((AbstractService) thisJoinPoint.getThis()).getUserProfileTO();/* Caller or this /
((Service) thisJoinPoint.getTarget()).setUserProfileTO(userProfileTO);/ Callee or target */
}
}
Now, I am delightfully looking forward in case of any meaningful points you would have for feeding me.
Attention: My problem was due to something else, please look at my answer to glean more information about the issue.

Answer 1

I made a mistake as my problem was completely due to something else. As I updated my project to be compiled by JDK 1.8.0_66, I should have re-configured aspect-maven-plugin to be compatible with this upgrade. Fortunately, my problem has been solved by re-configuring the appropriate plugin on the POM file, as follows:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.8</version>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
<version>1.8.7</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
<version>1.8.7</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<configuration>
<complianceLevel>1.8</complianceLevel>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
More info about "aspectj-maven-plugin" is available on aspectj-maven-plugin