# ClassAdapter

WARNING: The classadapter model is subject to change without notice. It is currently under developement as issues with AOP integration and using the Microcontainer in more constrained environments are investigated.

The class adapter abstraction provides a mechanism to override a class or a specific instance of a class in a given context.

## Aims

### AOP Integration

The main of the classadapter is to provide an integration point for AOP and the microcontainer. It represents a class instance before it is constructed or maybe even before the class has been deployed. AOP can override the joinpoints to add extra work during construction.

### Overridding annotations

The microcontainer allows annotations to be overridden on a specific bean deployment. These are passed to AOP.

### Obtaining AOP dependencies

The microcontainer uses the classadapter to learn what cross-cutting AOP dependencies are required before any attempt is made to construct the object.

## Issues

### AOP Integration

The AOP integration is currently being finalized as part of AOP2.0