title: Spring AOP vs AspectJ
body: <p>I am under the impression that Spring AOP is best used for application specific tasks such as security, logging, transactions, etc. as it uses custom Java5 annotations as a framework. However, AspectJ seems to be more friendly design-patterns wise. </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone highlight the various pros and cons of using Spring AOP vs AspectJ in a Spring application?</p>